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Briarosaccus tenellus
(Hairy Crab Parasitic Barnacle)
© Aaron Baldwin (Photo ID #67360)
Photographer's Submitted Details
Photo Location
Halibut Point, Sitka Sound, Alaska
Photographer
Aaron Baldwin
Habitat
Parasite on Hapalogaster
Photo Date
June 15, 2014
Upload Date
June 16, 2014
Elevation (m)
UTM Zone #
Latitude
UTM Easting
Longitude
UTM Northing
Photo ID #
67360
Notes
This species is parasitic on the hairy crab, Hapalogaster mertensii. In twenty years of searching for this species I have seen a single specimen back in 2006. Then on my last sampling trip I found two at the same location!
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