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 Bill (song) Elks Rendezvous Band) recorded a clean version in 1938. In the first Fleischer "Popeye" cartoon, "Popeye the Sailor" (1933), "Barnacle Bill" was used as the recurring theme for the Bluto character. A later Fleischer "Popeye" cartoon, "Beware of Barnacle Bill" (1935), is a mock operetta based around a toned-down version of the song. Although versions differ in their content "Barnacle Bill" is structured as an exchange between Bill and a "fair young maiden." Each verse opens with inquiries by the maiden and continues with Bill's response. This version is credited to Anonymous and appears in "Immortalia" (1927). It is published