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Barnacles

Balanus glandula

Photo by EmilyMarino
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Field Notes

Habitat:

On rocks at the edge of a bay at low tide.

Species ID Suggestions

barnacle

Balanus glandula

Reference Link
Ali Hemati Pour
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Comments (5)
Ali Hemati Pour
This is a close-up photo http://eolspecies.lifedesks.org/node/2879
EmilyMarino
Thanks again SFShep and Ali! I will look into this!
Steven Sheppard
This is a wikipedia article about the probable family, acorn barnacle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acorn_barnacle The species is probably Balanus glandula
EmilyMarino
Thank you SFShep! Are there different kinds/species of barnacles? I assume so...
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PublishedApril 17, 2013

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