Vishal Bhave
18-08-2009, 01:10 AM
Goose barnacles (order Pedunculata), also called stalked barnacles or Gooseneck barnacles,
filter-feeder crustaceans oftenly seen live attached to hard surfaces of rocks and other objects such as Woods, floats, ropes bottles in the ocean intertidal zone.
Possible genus: Lepas
Possible species: anatifera
Place: Kalbadevi (sandy shore), Ratnagiri, Maharashtra
Size: 0.8-6 cm (animal size from shell + peduncle/stalk)
For More information read :
Article and Images at Encyclopedia of Life (http://www.eol.org/pages/1020694)
Wiki article Goose barnacle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goose_barnacle)
filter-feeder crustaceans oftenly seen live attached to hard surfaces of rocks and other objects such as Woods, floats, ropes bottles in the ocean intertidal zone.
Possible genus: Lepas
Possible species: anatifera
Place: Kalbadevi (sandy shore), Ratnagiri, Maharashtra
Size: 0.8-6 cm (animal size from shell + peduncle/stalk)
For More information read :
Article and Images at Encyclopedia of Life (http://www.eol.org/pages/1020694)
Wiki article Goose barnacle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goose_barnacle)