Ribbed Mussels (Geukensia demissa) with young and mature barnacles (Semibalanus balanoides) in a salt marsh.

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Ribbed Mussels (Geukensia demissa) with young and mature barnacles (Semibalanus balanoides) in a salt marsh, Rye, New York. Ribbed mussels burrow part way into the salt marsh peat created by salt marsh grasses (Spartina).

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Size: 3456px × 5184px
Location: Rye, New York, United States
Photo credit: © Custom Life Science Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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