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Can anyone identify this sea creature??

Scruff · 2006-08-08 12:45:03

Not sure where the post this one.... Along with the usual jelly fish there were thousands of this thingies washed up on lahinch beach. Any idea what it is?

08-08-2006 12:45pm

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Not sure where the post this one....

Along with the usual jelly fish there were thousands of this thingies washed up on lahinch beach. Any idea what it is?

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#2 08-08-2006 12:51pm

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havent a clue! it looks like a number of mussels attached to a piece of coral! im gonna keep an eye on this thread to see what it is!

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#3 08-08-2006 1:12pm

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No idea either ...but saw lots of them on Connemara beaches over the weekend.

Never seen them before anywhere

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#4 08-08-2006 1:22pm

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Looks like some variety of Gooseneck Barnacle to me.

http://images.google.ie/images?hl=en&q=gooseneck%20barnacles&btnG=Search&sa=N&tab=wi

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#5 08-08-2006 5:37pm

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Definitely Lepas anatifera, the Goose Barnacle ...

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#6 21-08-2006 9:30pm

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try posting on nature birdwatching section as they maybe able to answer... there are some gooseneck barnacles on that post.. but yours dont look like the one posted have a look anyway...

artieanna

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#7 22-08-2006 1:19am

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Lookee, that looks very much like the pic OP posted:

barnacles thingies

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