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Goose Barnacles

Pollicipes pollicipes

Photo by arlanda
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43.5553, -7.13326

Field Notes

Description:

spanish name: percebe

Habitat:

see cliffs

Notes:

In Portugal and Spain, they are a widely consumed and expensive delicacy known as percebes. Percebes are harvested commercially in the northern coast, mainly in Galicia, and are also imported from overseas, particularly from Morocco and Canada.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (5)
arlanda
It could be but I did not see any
HemaShah
Arland,there must be lichen around it?
arlanda
Just added to Biodiversidad en España/Spain mission
eulalia rubio
Están para comérselos. Sólo nosotros, los de la península Ibérica, sabemos lo difícil que es cogerlos, por lo tanto también lo habrá sido el hacer las fotos. Felicidades.

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Biodiversidad en España/Spain
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PublishedJune 13, 2011

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