Barnacle Barnacle A barnacle is a type of arthropod constituting the infraclass Cirripedia in the subphylum Crustacea, and is hence related to crabs and lobsters. Barnacles are exclusively marine, and tend to live in shallow and tidal waters, typically in erosive settings. They are sessile (nonmotile) suspension feeders, and have two nektonic (active swimming) larval stages. Around 1,220 barnacle species are currently known. The name "Cirripedia" is Latin, meaning "curl-footed". The study of barnacles is called cirripedology. Barnacles are encrusters, attaching themselves permanently to a hard substrate. The most common, "acorn barnacles" (Sessilia), are sessile, growing their shells directly onto the
Barnacle Boi Barnacle Boi Barnacle Boi (stylized as barnacle boi), is an American producer, DJ, vocalist, and visual artist. Ian Oliver was born in Hickory, North Carolina. He first started making experimental beats in 2008 before making trap and hip-hop beats. After these types of beats became extremely repetitive to Oliver, he moved on to "dubstep and other heavier-hitting sub genres of EDM" under his "Sightlow" project. In his interview with The Playground, Barnacle Boi explains that he worked on the Sightlow project for numerous years and he always felt like he had to "force it out" of himself. Beginning in 2013,