- Amanda Reinert
- Minneapolis, MN
- United States
Architectural Designer, Society of American Registered Architects
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What is this strange creature?
Hello David and people of Ted. I found this creature washed up on the coast of a beach in Japan. The link below is a photo I took. I have never been able to identify it, is there anyone that could?
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1939576366682&set=a.1939552486085.2117194.1160580186&type=3&theater
Topics:
Wildlife biology marine biology mollusk ocean
Amanda Reinert
- This would explain why I found it washed up on the shore.
" They are sessile (non-motile) suspension feeders, and have two nektonic (active swimming) larval stages. Around 1,220 barnacle species are currently known." - So the photo I have must be as Leslie pointed out, still living, so the shell and the "mussel" inside. I wonder if they are in fact muscles or, as the quote states they are a type of feeder...
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Amanda Reinert
Xavier Belvemont 30+
However if you search google images for 'barnacle cluster', you will find plenty of sites, one of them is bound to give the species.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=barnacle%20cluster&psj=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.41524429,d.d2k&biw=1280&bih=709&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=WckEUePLA-SU0QW_qoDoCg
Xavier Belvemont 30+
http://www.buythesea-bymail.co.uk/ekmps/shops/buythesea/images/barnacle-cluster-[5]-2369-p.jpg
(You have to copy and paste the whole link)