Assertion: acorn barnacle | /r/CapableOf | begin life
Facets:
value: as a free-swimming larva
type: MANNER
value: as free swimmers like other crustaceans
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: They begin life as free swimmers like other crustaceans but attach themselves to rocks or bottoms of boats and spend the rest of their lives in this position.
text: These crustaceans start life as tiny larvae floating in the sea with the plankton, and most come to rest in the intertidal area of a rocky shore, cementing themselves firmly to the rock.
text: Once hatched, acorn barnacles begin life as free swimming larvae.
text: The acorn barnacle begins life as a free-swimming larva.
text: The acorn barnacle begins life as a free-swimming larva.