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Lepas sp.
Goose Barnacle

Photographer: Lovell and Libby Langstroth
Organization: California Academy of Sciences
Collection: CalAcademy

ID: 0000 0000 1006 0001 (2006-10-01)

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date of photo between 1980 and 1990

location Carmel Bay (Monterey County, California, US)

family Lepadidae

order Pedunculata

class Maxillopoda

habitat Marine on floating objects

notes 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.

camera Nikonos with extension tube

photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Other

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common names Goose Barnacle (photographer)

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