Stranded Goose Barnacles (10)

Goose barnacle out of water showing semi-retracted hairy legs or cirripede appendages.

Stranded Goose Barnacles (10) – Living specimens of the Common Goose barnacle, Lepas anatifera Linnaeus, washed ashore at Rhossili Beach, Gower, South Wales, showing fringed cirripedes being extended and retracted in an automatic feeding gesture. P1020004aBlog10

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