Dosima

	Dosima ''Dosima'' is a genus of goose barnacles in the family Lepadidae Lepadidae is a family of goose barnacles, erected by Charles Darwin in 1852. There are about five genera and more than 20 described species in Lepadidae. Genera These genera belong to the family Lepadidae: * ''Conchoderma'' von Olfers, 1814 (wha .... There are at least two described species in ''Dosima''. Species These species belong to the genus ''Dosima'': * '' Dosima fascicularis'' (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (buoy barnacle) * '' Dosima guanamuthui'' (Daniel, 1971) References Barnacles {{crustacean-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Dosima Guanamuthui ''Dosima'' is a genus of goose barnacles in the family Lepadidae Lepadidae is a family of goose barnacles, erected by Charles Darwin in 1852. There are about five genera and more than 20 described species in Lepadidae. Genera These genera belong to the family Lepadidae: * ''Conchoderma'' von Olfers, 1814 (wha .... There are at least two described species in ''Dosima''. Species These species belong to the genus ''Dosima'': * '' Dosima fascicularis'' (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (buoy barnacle) * '' Dosima guanamuthui'' (Daniel, 1971) References Barnacles {{crustacean-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Dosima Fascicularis ''Dosima fascicularis'', the buoy barnacle, is "the most specialised pleustonic goose barnacle" species. It hangs downwards from the water surface, held up by a float of its own construction, and is carried along by ocean currents. Flotation As an adult, ''D. fascicularis'' lives attached to a float made either of natural flotsam or of a cement it secretes itself, which has a texture like that of expanded polystyrene foam. It is the only barnacle to produce its own gas-filled float. The cyprid larvae are planktonic, and must attach to a float for metamorphosis into the adult form, but the adults are eventually capable of using their own float, sometimes forming aggregations of many individuals attached to a single float. Among the floats used by adult buoy barnacles are pellets of tar, seaweeds, plastic debris, driftwood, feathers, cranberries, cuttlefish bone, the "by-the-wind-sailor" ''Velella velella'', seagrass leaves, Styrofoam, seeds, and even apples; they have even bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Lepadidae Lepadidae is a family of goose barnacles, erected by Charles Darwin in 1852. There are about five genera and more than 20 described species in Lepadidae. Genera These genera belong to the family Lepadidae: * ''Conchoderma'' von Olfers, 1814 (whale barnacles) * ''Dosima'' Gray, 1825 * '' Hyalolepas'' Annandale, 1906 * ''Lepas ''Lepas'' is a genus of goose barnacles in the family Lepadidae. Species Species in the genus include: * '' Lepas anatifera'' Linnaeus, 1758 * ''Lepas anserifera'' Linnaeus, 1767 * '' Lepas australis'' Darwin, 1851 * ''Lepas hilli ''Lepas'' ...'' Linnaeus, 1758 (goose barnacles) * † '' Pristinolepas'' Buckeridge, 1983 References Barnacles Crustacean families Taxa named by Charles Darwin {{maxillopoda-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]