FAMILY : HETERALIPADIDAE
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.


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