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Balanus crenatus (Acorn Barnacle)
Scientific name: Balanus crenatus

Taxonomy: Kingdom Animalia → Phylum Arthropoda → Subphylum Crustacea → Superclass Multicrustacea → Class Thecostraca → Subclass Cirripedia → Infraclass Thoracica → Superorder Thoracicalcarea → Order Balanomorpha → Superfamily Balanoidea → Family Balanidae → Subfamily Balaninae → Genus Balanus

Common name: Acorn Barnacle
Locations: Eastern Pacific
Group: Marine LifeInvertebratesBarnacles
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Balanus crenatus (Acorn Barnacle)
Balanus crenatus (Acorn Barnacle)
Balanus crenatus (Acorn Barnacle)
Small ones on a bat star
Balanus crenatus (Acorn Barnacle)
Balanus crenatus (Acorn Barnacle)
Hole where barnacles got scraped off a rock
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