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The acorn barnacle is a common invasive species, found on Pacific coasts. (Shutterstock)

June 2, 2020

Predator snails fend off the invasion of barnacles in Japan

Julius A. Ellrich, St. Francis Xavier University and Takefumi Yorisue, University of Hyogo

Barnacles are an invasive species, carried worldwide along shipping routes. But Japan has a local solution: predatory and herbivorous snails feed on the barnacles and limit their spread.

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Takefumi Yorisue
Associate professor, Marine ecology, University of Hyogo

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