Pelagic gooseneck barnacle
Amazing fact
A heart-shaped shell made of glossy white plates surrounds the pelagic gooseneck barnacle’s body.
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A heart-shaped shell made of glossy white plates surrounds the pelagic gooseneck barnacle’s body.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Pelagic gooseneck barnacle
- Scientific name
- Lepas anatifera
- Japanese name
- エボシガイ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Thecostraca
- Order
- Scalpellomorpha
- Family
- Lepadidae
- Genus
- Lepas
How the Pelagic gooseneck barnacle lives
They live on objects such as driftwood and bottles, and on turtles. They use a feathery feeding structure to filter food from water currents. They catch shrimp and young flying fish with structures called cirri. Glands in the stalk produce cement that keeps them attached.
University of Michigan Animal Diversity WebBasic data
- Range
- Oceans worldwide
Where the Pelagic gooseneck barnacle has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- エボシガイ
- 简体中文
- 茗荷
- 繁體中文
- 茗荷
- 한국어
- 민조개삿갓
- Español
- Anatifa
- Français
- Anatife commun
- Português (Brasil)
- Lepas-pelágica
- Italiano
- Lepade liscia
- Русский
- Морская уточка
- ไทย
- เพรียงคอห่าน
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — エボシガイChecked: 2026-11-04
- University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web — Lepas anatiferaChecked: 2026-11-06
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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