Stranded Goose Barnacles (1)

Goose barnacles waving their hairy legs in feeding mode.

Stranded Goose Barnacles (1) – Living specimens of the Common Goose barnacle, Lepas anatifera Linnaeus, washed ashore at Rhossili Beach, Gower, South Wales, showing fringed cirripedes being extended and withdrawn in an automatic feeding behaviour. P1010999aBlog1

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