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title: "Pelagic Gooseneck Barnacle"
description: "Lepas anatifera — Other animals. Lepas anatifera, commonly known as the pelagic gooseneck barnacle or smooth gooseneck barnacle, is a species of barnacle in the family Lepadidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/pelagic-gooseneck-barnacle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Pelagic Gooseneck Barnacle

> Lepas anatifera — Other animals. Lepas anatifera, commonly known as the pelagic gooseneck barnacle or smooth gooseneck barnacle, is a species of barnacle in the family Lepadidae.

- Scientific name: *Lepas anatifera*
- Category: `other` (Other animals)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 3581
- Wikidata: [Q2716301](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2716301)
- iNaturalist taxon: [69949](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/69949)

## Names

- en: Pelagic Gooseneck Barnacle
- es: Percebe ganso
- fr: Anatife commun
- pl: Kaczenica kaczkodajna

## Countries with the most observations

US (631), NZ (436), GB (206), CA (189), PT (163), ES (148), FR (146), AU (109), IT (47), IE (42), ZA (42), DK (20)

## Summary

Lepas anatifera, commonly known as the pelagic gooseneck barnacle or smooth gooseneck barnacle, is a species of barnacle in the family Lepadidae. These barnacles are found, often in large numbers, attached by their flexible stalks to floating timber, the hulls of ships, piers, pilings, seaweed, and various sorts of flotsam.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepas_anatifera

## Photo

![Pelagic Gooseneck Barnacle](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pelagic-gooseneck-barnacle/medium.jpg)

Photo: Peter de Lange · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/38167341

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/pelagic-gooseneck-barnacle?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).