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Northern Rock Barnacle - Semibalanus balanoides This is the crowded form of the northern rock barnacle. When crowded, they take a columnar or twisted shape that can be up to 25 mm long. You can see a bunch of little things attached to this barnacle - mussels, a periwinkle, and smaller barnacles.<br /> <br /> *Note: This barnacle was dead. I wouldn&#039;t have uprooted it otherwise.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Crowded colony in the intertidal<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/89868/northern_rock_barnacle_-_semibalanus_balanoides.html" title="Northern Rock Barnacle - Semibalanus balanoides"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/89868_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1678320010&Signature=AnSatLJGbhCFTHvQCJ5jEHF%2BcxQ%3D" width="116" height="152" alt="Northern Rock Barnacle - Semibalanus balanoides This is the crowded form of the northern rock barnacle. When crowded, they take a columnar or twisted shape that can be up to 25 mm long. You can see a bunch of little things attached to this barnacle - mussels and smaller barnacles.<br /> <br /> *Note: This barnacle was dead. I wouldn&#039;t have uprooted it otherwise.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Crowded colony in the intertidal<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/89869/northern_rock_barnacle_-_semibalanus_balanoides.html Geotagged,Semibalanus balanoides,Spring,United States,barnacle" /></a></figure> Geotagged,Semibalanus balanoides,Spring,United States Click/tap to enlarge

Northern Rock Barnacle - Semibalanus balanoides

This is the crowded form of the northern rock barnacle. When crowded, they take a columnar or twisted shape that can be up to 25 mm long. You can see a bunch of little things attached to this barnacle - mussels, a periwinkle, and smaller barnacles.

*Note: This barnacle was dead. I wouldn't have uprooted it otherwise.

Habitat: Crowded colony in the intertidal

Northern Rock Barnacle - Semibalanus balanoides This is the crowded form of the northern rock barnacle. When crowded, they take a columnar or twisted shape that can be up to 25 mm long. You can see a bunch of little things attached to this barnacle - mussels and smaller barnacles.<br /> <br /> *Note: This barnacle was dead. I wouldn't have uprooted it otherwise.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Crowded colony in the intertidal<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/89869/northern_rock_barnacle_-_semibalanus_balanoides.html Geotagged,Semibalanus balanoides,Spring,United States,barnacle

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The Northern Rock Barnacle

''Semibalanus balanoides'' is a common and widespread boreo-arctic species of acorn barnacle. It is common on rocks and other substrates in the intertidal zone of north-western Europe and both coasts of North America.

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Similar species: Symmetrical Sessile Barnacles
Species identified by Christine Young
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Uploaded Feb 13, 2020. Captured Jun 18, 2019 08:11 in 1563 Post Rd, Wells, ME 04090, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 80D
  • f/6.3
  • 1/664s
  • ISO100
  • 100mm

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