TRACKING WHALES WITH BARNACLES
Summary:
We can trace the lineage of barnacles back to the Middle Cambrian. That is half a billion years of data to sift through. If you divide that timeline in half yet again, we begin to understand barnacles and their relationship to other sea-dwelling creatures — with a lens that reveals ancient migration patterns.Barnacles are in the infraclass Cirripedia in the class Maxillopoda. They are marine
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barnacles