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Feeding barnacle I found a tiny, very clear tide pool with some feeding barnacles in it. It took a bit of timing and a fair number of exposures, but I managed to catch this one with it's cirri extended. Balanus glandula,Geotagged,Puget Sound,Spring,Teddy Bear Cove,United States,Washington state,barnacle,cirri,tidal zone,tide pool Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

Feeding barnacle

I found a tiny, very clear tide pool with some feeding barnacles in it. It took a bit of timing and a fair number of exposures, but I managed to catch this one with it's cirri extended.

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  1. View Jivko Nakev's profile
    Jivko Nakev
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    Beautiful shot! It seems the barnacles on the other photo with fly are different. Posted 10 years ago
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    travismorhardt
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    Great timing! Well worth the wait, I'd say. Posted 10 years ago

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The Pacific Acorn Barnacle

"Balanus glandula" is one of the most common barnacle species on the Pacific coast of North America, distributed from the U.S. state of Alaska to Bahía de San Quintín near San Quintín, Baja California. It is commonly found in intertidal waters on mussels, rocks and pier pilings.

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Similar species: Symmetrical Sessile Barnacles
Species identified by morpheme
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Uploaded Apr 10, 2015. Captured Apr 9, 2015 11:58 in Teddy Bear Cove, Bellingham, WA 98229, USA.
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  • X-E1
  • f/1.0
  • 1/1000s
  • ISO400
  • 50mm