1. Lagos Harbour forms an environment where the water temperature is relatively constant throughout the year, and the chief variable factor is salinity. The annual variation reaches 34 per thousand in ...

THE parasitism of barnacles of many species by various isopods, gregarines and trematodes, often with the resultant castration of the host, is well known. Recent observations on Balanus balanus ...

The third segment of the antennule of the cypris larva of Balanus balanoides is modified as an attachment organ with a disk by which the cyprid attaches to submerged surfaces. The attachment disk is ...

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THE deformation of barnacle shells by growth on unfavourable substrates is now well known 1,2. The distinctive scalloped form of basis produced on toxic anti-fouling paints has been illustrated by ...