Image of Megabalanus californicus (Pilsbry 1916)
Description:
The larvae of these barnacles settle gregariously on a hard substratum. Here they chose a turban snail that was grazing on giant kelp.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (Animal)
- Bilateria
- Protostomia (protostomes)
- Ecdysozoa (ecdysozoans)
- Arthropoda (arthropods)
- Pancrustacea
- Multicrustacea (typical crustaceans)
- Thecostraca
- Cirripedia (barnacles)
- Thoracica (true barnacles)
- Sessilia
- Balanomorpha
- Balanoidea
- Balanidae (acorn barnacles)
- Megabalaninae
- Megabalanus
- Megabalanus californicus
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- 2005 California Academy of Sciences
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- Lovell and Libby Langstroth
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