merirokko
Semibalanus balanoides
#nm_0599📍 Finland
- Language
- Finnish
- Transliteration
- merirokko
- IPA
- /ˈmerirokːo/
Compound: meri + rokko meri: sea, rokko: pox, pustule, for the volcano-like conical shell plates ↳ rokko a native Finnish word for pox/rash, of Finno-Ugric origin
Common acorn barnacle, a sessile filter-feeding crustacean enclosed in conical calcareous plates cemented to rock. Abundant on North Atlantic intertidal shores.