FAMILY : HETERALEPADIDAE
Paralepas quadrata (Aurivillius, 1894) ?


These barnacles were found in large numbers on the cast off shell of a lobster.
Paralepas quadrata is epizoic on crabs and lobster. Epizoic is defined as living or
growing on the external surface of an animal. Also known as a fouling species,
the animals below found covering an empty plastic oil container.



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