Mechanisms and Principles Underlying Temporary Adhesion, Surface Exploration and Settlement Site Selection by Barnacle Cyprids: A Short Review

摘要: The diminutive stature of many barnacle species can lead to their being easily overlooked or ignored by the casual observer rocky intertidal shores, so it is surprising discover that a multi-billion dollar industry (Yebra et al., 2004) exists solely prevent settlement and growth fouling organisms on man-made marine structures (Callow Callow, 2002). systematic study taxonomy acorn barnacles (Cirripedia; Thoracica) owes its initiation fundamental observations Charles Darwin who, after his research classifying aboard Beagle, selected Chilean (that he named Cryptophialus) form basis much into evolution natural selection (Darwin, 1854). From point on, never abated.