Acorn barnacles (Tetraclita rubescens), with buckshot barnacles (Chthamalus species) attached to their surface and fingernail limpets (Collisella species) surrounding.
Description:
Coastal La Jolla, California.
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- Balanomorpha
- Chthamaloidea
- Chthamalidae (star barnacles)
- Chthamalinae
- Chthamalus
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