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Striped Gooseneck Barnacle

Conchoderma virgatum

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Massachusetts.January 1, February 1, March 1, April 1, May 2, June 1, July 1, August 1, September 1, October 1, November 1, December 1.
United States16
Massachusetts9
Australia5
Hawaii4
Maine3
New South Wales3
Canada2
Brazil2
Uruguay2
Rocha2

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
OrderScalpellomorpha
FamilyGoose Barnacles · Lepadidae
GenusConchoderma

Sources

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