Briarosaccus tenellus  (Hairy Crab Parasitic Barnacle)

© Aaron Baldwin (Photo ID #67360)

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Photo Location	Halibut Point, Sitka Sound, Alaska
Photographer	Aaron Baldwin
Habitat	Parasite on Hapalogaster
Photo Date	June 15, 2014
Upload Date	June 16, 2014
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Photo ID #	67360
Comments	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!