Anyone any idea what these are? There were lots of them on a mooring line at the Burma Banks (Indian Ocean). They were only about 1cm in size. The fans of bristles come in and out repeatedly.
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Tiny things with bristles in shells on a mooring line
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Tiny things with bristles in shells on a mooring line
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Barnacle!
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Gooseneck barnacles to be a bit more specific. Check out Scapellum and Lepas for similar looking species.
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Lol OK, those things I've cut my hand on a zillion times
. Thanks Alex. I'm used to thinking of barnacles as living in those little volcano thingies (technical term). Never studied or shot these ones before until I had some boring decompression to do.They look like goose barnacles, Lepas anserifera, unless anyone begs to differ.
