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Can anyone identify this sea creature??

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  • 08-08-2006 1:45pm
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    Scruff
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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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    unnameduser
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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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    peasant
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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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    Alun
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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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    eachtrannach
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    Definitely Lepas anatifera, the Goose Barnacle ...


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

    Z96-326071.jpg

    barnacles thingies


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