Goose barnacle  (Lepas anatifera)

Facts

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Athropoda
Class Cirripedia
Order Pedunculata
Family Lepatidae
Genus Lepas
Size Shell size: up to 50 mm
Stalk length: 40 – 900 mm
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Status

Common