Image of goose barnacles
Description:
This barnacle, probably either Lepas anatifera or pacifica, is seen attached to the stipe of kelp. The extended cirri permit the capture of tiny planktonic organisms.
Included On The Following Pages:
- Life (biota)
- Cellular
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (animals)
- Bilateria (bilaterians)
- Protostomia (protostomes)
- Ecdysozoa (ecdysozoans)
- Arthropoda (arthropods)
- Pancrustacea
- Multicrustacea (typical crustaceans)
- Thecostraca (Barnacles and Allies)
- Cirripedia (barnacles)
- Thoracica (true barnacles)
- Lepadiformes
- Lepadomorpha
- Lepadidae (goose barnacles)
- Lepas (goose barnacles)
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- 2006 California Academy of Sciences
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- Lovell and Libby Langstroth
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