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Project Noah is a tool to explore and document wildlife and a platform to harness the power of citizen scientists everywhere.
Pedunculata
White, hard, crustaceans that resemble goose head/bills. These are filter-feeding crustaceans that live attached to hard surfaces of rocks and flotsam in the ocean intertidal zone.
La Jolla tidepools
"Some species of goose barnacles are pelagic and are most frequently found on tidewrack on oceanic coasts. Unlike most other types of barnacles, intertidal goose barnacles depend on water motion rather than the movement of their cirri for feeding, and are therefore found only on exposed or moderately exposed coasts." - Wikipedia
Lat: 32.85, Long: -117.28
Spotted on Apr 9, 2010
Submitted on Aug 14, 2011
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