Calantica spinosa
Werewere Tūkaha
Barnacle, Stalked
Barnacle, Spiney Stalked
Invertebrate
Arthropoda
Maxillipoda
Calanticidae
Has a short stalk covered in small calcareous spines. Has variable white shell plates.
Attached to rocks low on the shore and in moist dark crevices.
Filter feeds using it's hairy "legs".
Commercially harvested in some parts of the world