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Mechanisms and Principles Underlying Temporary Adhesion, Surface Exploration and Settlement Site Selection by Barnacle Cyprids: A Short Review

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Functional Surfaces in Biology

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The diminutive stature of many barnacle species can lead to their being easily overlooked or ignored by the casual observer of rocky intertidal shores, so it is surprising to discover that a multi-billion dollar industry (Yebra et al., 2004) exists solely to prevent the settlement and growth of fouling organisms on man-made marine structures (Callow and Callow, 2002). The systematic study and taxonomy of acorn barnacles (Cirripedia; Thoracica) owes its initiation and many of its fundamental observations to Charles Darwin who, after his research classifying species aboard the Beagle, selected a Chilean barnacle (that he named Cryptophialus) to form the basis of much of his research into evolution by natural selection (Darwin, 1854). From that point on, research into barnacles never abated.

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Aldred, N., Clare, A.S. (2009). Mechanisms and Principles Underlying Temporary Adhesion, Surface Exploration and Settlement Site Selection by Barnacle Cyprids: A Short Review. In: Gorb, S.N. (eds) Functional Surfaces in Biology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6695-5_3

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