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as calcareous plates are secreted, and uses six pairs of biramous, thoracic limbs as a food-catching mechanism, with three to six pairs being involved (russell-hunter ). in the stalked barnacles, a fleshy stalk supports the head with calcified plates, while in an acorn barnacle the body is totally enclosed
in calcareous plates secreted by the mantle (russell-hunter ). acrothoracica, with the least modified species, retain a rough acorn barnacle shape. many live as ectoparastites on whales, turtles, and so forth, and derive food through a root system into the host tissue (russell-hunter ). other ectoparasitic...
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