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
Quinnipiac Barnacle out with its first print edition on September 4, 2013. "The Barnacle" is currently working on a web video series called "BarnacleTV", but no current launch date or information has been made available to public. An unofficial newspaper on the Quinnipiac campus, "The Quad News", published a negative article about "The Barnacle" on November 11, 2012. Shortly after, "The Barnacle" published a satirical response to the article titled "Quad News Staff Tries to Draw a Line." Quinnipiac Barnacle "The Quinnipiac Barnacle" is a parody newspaper at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. The newspaper publishes daily online while school is in