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Honeycomb Barnacles

Chamaesipho columna

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New Zealand.January 19, February 14, March 12, April 37, May 14, June 6, July 5, August 5, September 13, October 12, November 14, December 20.
New Zealand171
Canterbury Region41
Auckland Region38
Wellington Region22
Otago Region14
Northland Region11
Taranaki Region9
West Coast Region7
Southland Region7
Waikato Region5

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassBarnacles and Copepods · Hexanauplia
OrderSymmetrical Sessile Barnacles · Balanomorpha
FamilyChthamalid Barnacles · Chthamalidae
GenusChamaesipho

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