Barnacle Photos

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Acorn Barnacle extends to feed in ocean current, amid colony of Corynactis anemones, Corynactis californica, Megabalanus californicus, San Diego, California
Acorn Barnacle extends to feed in ocean current, amid colony of Corynactis anemones.
Species: Acorn barnacle, Strawberry anemone, Corynactis californica, Megabalanus californicus
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 33455  
Acorn Barnacle extends to feed in ocean current, amid colony of Corynactis anemones, Corynactis californica, Megabalanus californicus, San Diego, California
Acorn Barnacle extends to feed in ocean current, amid colony of Corynactis anemones.
Species: Acorn barnacle, Strawberry anemone, Corynactis californica, Megabalanus californicus
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 33473  
White plumose anemones Metridium senile with purple sponge and barnacle, Vancouver Island
White plumose anemones Metridium senile with purple sponge and barnacle, Vancouver Island.
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Image ID: 34341  
Barnacle filtering food from passing ocean currents, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island
Barnacle filtering food from passing ocean currents, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island.
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Image ID: 35292  
Barnacle blenny, Acanthemblemaria macrospilus, Sea of Cortez, Isla Espiritu Santo, Baja California, Mexico
Barnacle blenny, Acanthemblemaria macrospilus, Sea of Cortez.
Location: Isla Espiritu Santo, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33783  
Red Irish Lord.  The red irish lord lurks in shallow habitats where it feeds on crabs, shrimp, barnacles, mussels and small fishes, Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus
Red Irish Lord. The red irish lord lurks in shallow habitats where it feeds on crabs, shrimp, barnacles, mussels and small fishes.
Species: Red irish lord, Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus
Image ID: 13689  
Barnacle blenny, Acanthemblemaria macrospilus, Sea of Cortez, Isla Espiritu Santo, Baja California, Mexico
Barnacle blenny, Acanthemblemaria macrospilus, Sea of Cortez.
Location: Isla Espiritu Santo, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33781  
Barnacle blenny, Acanthemblemaria macrospilus, Sea of Cortez, Isla Espiritu Santo, Baja California, Mexico
Barnacle blenny, Acanthemblemaria macrospilus, Sea of Cortez.
Location: Isla Espiritu Santo, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33784  
Pink Soft Coral and Barnacle, Gersemia Rubiformis, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island, Gersemia rubiformis
Pink Soft Coral and Barnacle, Gersemia Rubiformis, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island.
Species: Pink soft coral, Gersemia rubiformis
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Image ID: 34425  
Barnacle and sea star, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island
Barnacle and sea star, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island.
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Image ID: 35424  
Acorn barnacle feeding amidst strawberry anemones, Monterey Peninsula, Corynactis californica, Megabalanus californicus
Acorn barnacle feeding amidst strawberry anemones, Monterey Peninsula.
Species: Acorn barnacle, Corynactis californica, Megabalanus californicus
Location: Monterey, California
Image ID: 07023  
Gray whale dorsal aspect showing blowhole and characteristic skin mottling and ectoparasitic barnacles and whale lice (amphipod crustaceans), Eschrichtius robustus, San Diego, California
Gray whale dorsal aspect showing blowhole and characteristic skin mottling and ectoparasitic barnacles and whale lice (amphipod crustaceans).
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 30456  
Gray whale dorsal aspect showing blowhole and characteristic skin mottling and ectoparasitic barnacles and whale lice (amphipod crustaceans), Eschrichtius robustus, San Diego, California
Gray whale dorsal aspect showing blowhole and characteristic skin mottling and ectoparasitic barnacles and whale lice (amphipod crustaceans).
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 30465  
Sally lightfoot crab on barnacles, Grapsus grapsus, North Seymour Island
Sally lightfoot crab on barnacles.
Species: Sally lightfoot crab, Grapsus grapsus
Location: North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16604  
Humpback whale with barnacles, visible on the blowhole and tubercles on the dorsal surface of its head, swims toward the photographer, Megaptera novaeangliae, Neko Harbor
Humpback whale with barnacles, visible on the blowhole and tubercles on the dorsal surface of its head, swims toward the photographer.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Neko Harbor, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 25669  
Red Irish Lord.  The red irish lord lurks in shallow habitats where it feeds on crabs, shrimp, barnacles, mussels and small fishes, Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus
Red Irish Lord. The red irish lord lurks in shallow habitats where it feeds on crabs, shrimp, barnacles, mussels and small fishes.
Species: Red irish lord, Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus
Image ID: 13690  
Grunt sculpin.  Grunt sculpin have evolved into its strange shape to fit within a giant barnacle shell perfectly, using the shell to protect its eggs and itself, Rhamphocottus richardsoni
Grunt sculpin. Grunt sculpin have evolved into its strange shape to fit within a giant barnacle shell perfectly, using the shell to protect its eggs and itself.
Species: Grunt sculpin, Rhamphocottus richardsoni
Image ID: 13724  
Grunt sculpin poised in a barnacle shell.  Grunt sculpin have evolved into its strange shape to fit within a giant barnacle shell perfectly, using the shell to protect its eggs and itself, Rhamphocottus richardsoni
Grunt sculpin poised in a barnacle shell. Grunt sculpin have evolved into its strange shape to fit within a giant barnacle shell perfectly, using the shell to protect its eggs and itself.
Species: Grunt sculpin, Rhamphocottus richardsoni
Image ID: 13725  
Grunt sculpin poised in a barnacle shell.  Grunt sculpin have evolved into its strange shape to fit within a giant barnacle shell perfectly, using the shell to protect its eggs and itself, Rhamphocottus richardsoni
Grunt sculpin poised in a barnacle shell. Grunt sculpin have evolved into its strange shape to fit within a giant barnacle shell perfectly, using the shell to protect its eggs and itself.
Species: Grunt sculpin, Rhamphocottus richardsoni
Image ID: 13726  
Grunt sculpin.  Grunt sculpin have evolved into its strange shape to fit within a giant barnacle shell perfectly, using the shell to protect its eggs and itself, Rhamphocottus richardsoni
Grunt sculpin. Grunt sculpin have evolved into its strange shape to fit within a giant barnacle shell perfectly, using the shell to protect its eggs and itself.
Species: Grunt sculpin, Rhamphocottus richardsoni
Image ID: 13727  
Grunt sculpin.  Grunt sculpin have evolved into its strange shape to fit within a giant barnacle shell perfectly, using the shell to protect its eggs and itself, Rhamphocottus richardsoni
Grunt sculpin. Grunt sculpin have evolved into its strange shape to fit within a giant barnacle shell perfectly, using the shell to protect its eggs and itself.
Species: Grunt sculpin, Rhamphocottus richardsoni
Image ID: 13728  
Grunt sculpin.  Grunt sculpin have evolved into its strange shape to fit within a giant barnacle shell perfectly, using the shell to protect its eggs and itself, Rhamphocottus richardsoni
Grunt sculpin. Grunt sculpin have evolved into its strange shape to fit within a giant barnacle shell perfectly, using the shell to protect its eggs and itself.
Species: Grunt sculpin, Rhamphocottus richardsoni
Image ID: 13729  
Grunt sculpin.  Grunt sculpin have evolved into its strange shape to fit within a giant barnacle shell perfectly, using the shell to protect its eggs and itself, Rhamphocottus richardsoni
Grunt sculpin. Grunt sculpin have evolved into its strange shape to fit within a giant barnacle shell perfectly, using the shell to protect its eggs and itself.
Species: Grunt sculpin, Rhamphocottus richardsoni
Image ID: 13730  
Grunt sculpin.  Grunt sculpin have evolved into its strange shape to fit within a giant barnacle shell perfectly, using the shell to protect its eggs and itself, Rhamphocottus richardsoni
Grunt sculpin. Grunt sculpin have evolved into its strange shape to fit within a giant barnacle shell perfectly, using the shell to protect its eggs and itself.
Species: Grunt sculpin, Rhamphocottus richardsoni
Image ID: 13731  
Gooseneck barnacles, exposed at low tide, adhere to a rock.  The shell, or capitulum, of the gooseneck barnacle grows to be about two inches long. It is made up of small plates, which enclose its soft body. Inside the shell, the barnacle primarily consists of long segmented legs, intestines and stomach, Pollicipes polymerus, Ruby Beach, Olympic National Park, Washington
Gooseneck barnacles, exposed at low tide, adhere to a rock. The shell, or capitulum, of the gooseneck barnacle grows to be about two inches long. It is made up of small plates, which enclose its soft body. Inside the shell, the barnacle primarily consists of long segmented legs, intestines and stomach.
Species: Gooseneck barnacle, Pollicipes polymerus
Location: Ruby Beach, Olympic National Park, Washington
Image ID: 13779  
Gooseneck barnacles, exposed at low tide, adhere to a rock.  The shell, or capitulum, of the gooseneck barnacle grows to be about two inches long. It is made up of small plates, which enclose its soft body. Inside the shell, the barnacle primarily consists of long segmented legs, intestines and stomach, Pollicipes polymerus, Ruby Beach, Olympic National Park, Washington
Gooseneck barnacles, exposed at low tide, adhere to a rock. The shell, or capitulum, of the gooseneck barnacle grows to be about two inches long. It is made up of small plates, which enclose its soft body. Inside the shell, the barnacle primarily consists of long segmented legs, intestines and stomach.
Species: Gooseneck barnacle, Pollicipes polymerus
Location: Ruby Beach, Olympic National Park, Washington
Image ID: 13798  
Sally lightfoot crab on barnacles, Grapsus grapsus, North Seymour Island
Sally lightfoot crab on barnacles.
Species: Sally lightfoot crab, Grapsus grapsus
Location: North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16602  
Gray whale dorsal aspect showing characteristic skin mottling and ectoparasitic barnacles and whale lice (amphipod crustaceans), Laguna San Ignacio, Eschrichtius robustus, San Ignacio Lagoon
Gray whale dorsal aspect showing characteristic skin mottling and ectoparasitic barnacles and whale lice (amphipod crustaceans), Laguna San Ignacio.
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 06425  
Acorn barnacle feeding amidst strawberry anemones, Monterey Peninsula, Corynactis californica, Megabalanus californicus
Acorn barnacle feeding amidst strawberry anemones, Monterey Peninsula.
Species: Acorn barnacle, Corynactis californica, Megabalanus californicus
Location: Monterey, California
Image ID: 02543  
Acorn barnacle feeding amidst strawberry anemones, Monterey Peninsula, Corynactis californica, Megabalanus californicus
Acorn barnacle feeding amidst strawberry anemones, Monterey Peninsula.
Species: Acorn barnacle, Corynactis californica, Megabalanus californicus
Location: Monterey, California
Image ID: 05395  
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