Goose barnacles (Lepas anatifera) attached to driftwood. These filter-feeding crustaceans attach themselves to rocks and other surfaces in intertidal

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Goose barnacles (Lepas anatifera) attached to driftwood. These filter-feeding crustaceans attach themselves to rocks and other surfaces in intertidal zones, using their cirri (feeding structures) to filter plankton from the water.

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Photo credit: © CHRIS DAWE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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