βαλανός
Semibalanus balanoides
#nm_0601📍 Greece
- Language
- Greek
- Transliteration
- Valanos
- IPA
- /valaˈnos/
From Ancient Greek βάλανος bálanos (acorn), used for the barnacle's acorn-shaped shell ↳ of Indo-European origin; Beekes rejects a proposed link to βάλλω bállō (to throw) despite the surface resemblance
Common acorn barnacle, a sessile filter-feeding crustacean enclosed in conical calcareous plates cemented to rock. Abundant on North Atlantic intertidal shores.