Seepocke
Semibalanus balanoides
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- Language
- German
- Transliteration
- Seepocke
- IPA
- /ˈzeːpɔkə/
Compound: See + Pocke See: sea, Pocke: pock, pustule, for the volcano-like conical shell plates ↳ Pocke from Middle Low German pocke, related to English pock
Common acorn barnacle, a sessile filter-feeding crustacean enclosed in conical calcareous plates cemented to rock. Abundant on North Atlantic intertidal shores.