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Small Goose Barnacle
Lepas pectinata
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Pelagic Gooseneck BarnacleLepas anatifera
Goose BarnacleLepas anserifera
Buoy BarnacleDosima fascicularis
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| Australia | 141 |
|---|---|
| Portugal | 118 |
| New South Wales | 106 |
| COIMBRA | 95 |
| New Zealand | 66 |
| Spain | 60 |
| Western Australia | 29 |
| Italy | 28 |
| United States | 20 |
| Canarias | 18 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Physical
- ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropods · Arthropoda |
| Class | Barnacles and Copepods · Hexanauplia |
| Order | Scalpellomorpha |
| Family | Goose Barnacles · Lepadidae |
| Genus | Goose Barnacles · Lepas |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Small Goose Barnacle with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.