Species
common goose barnacle
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMaxillopoda
- OrderPedunculata
- FamilyLepadidae
Habitatmarine
Observations3,401
How to Distinguish from Similar Species: Mitella polymerus, the other goosneck barnacle commonly found intertidally, has more than 10 plates in the capitulum and attaches to rocks. Lepas pacifica has a notch on the side of the capitulum that borders the scutum. Lepas hilli has smooth plates and 3 or more filamentous growths from the base of the first cirri.
via GBIF
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