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   Balanus trigonus Darwin, 1854?? 
 
This animal was found in a sponge on Brunswick Heads beach and I initially thought that it was a "Sponge" barnacle due to it's habitat, but I now believe it may be Balanus trigonus, a species referred to as a fouling species



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