FAMILY : XANTHIDAE
Atergatis floridus (Linne, 1767)

This animal's shell is covered with 2 species of barnacles, and serpulid worm tubes. The orange barnacles on the
underside are in the family Heteralipadidae, possibly Paralepas quadrata. This is an Epizoic species on crabs and
lobsters. Epizoic is defined as living or growing on the external surface of an animal.

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