<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"><dc:title xml:lang="en">Cirripedia</dc:title><dc:identifier>http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en?tema=31409356</dc:identifier><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher xml:lang="en">Getty Institute</dc:publisher><dcterms:created>2026-03-30 20:50:03</dcterms:created><dcterms:isPartOf xsi:type="dcterms:URI">http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en</dcterms:isPartOf><dcterms:isPartOf xml:lang="en">Tesaurus d&apos;Art i Arquitectura</dcterms:isPartOf><dc:format>text/html</dc:format> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">Cirripeda</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">barnacle</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">barnacles</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">cirripedes</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">cirripeds</dcterms:alternative> <dc:description xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Members of a subclass containing around 1,220 species of arthropod that go through several distinct swimming stages as plankton, then usually fix themselves to a rocky or other hard submerged surface as adults, having a hard shell and feeding by reaching into the water with modified legs. Classified as an  infraclass in some systems. ]]></dc:description></metadata>