Very small barnacles on a Sea Pill. See my last observation for the host.
Has tiny claws, found face down, saw shell moving and it was difficult to pick up
found embedded in beachcast sponge
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/53950971
I think the first image (a gif) only works on desktop!
This was a real mystery until I broke it open ... the creature inside certainly looks like a Barnacle to me.
Quite small, diametre of maybe 1cm, several of them, near lots of dried up blue bottles and same colour as tentacles, but didn't seem to be tentacles. It didn't sting. Was soft. Wondered if it was some type of slug with spherical cerata?? or a tunicate? I have no idea.
Interested to know what the barnacle-esque structures on the leaves of this Grey Mangrove could be.
A sponge-dwelling barnacle species.
The observation is of the barnacles on the skin of this Olive Sea Snake. See linked observation in Comment.
Approximately 10 legged creature with clear shell and vibrant blue body. It appeared to have a longer black feature that extended out from its shell like case. There were three of them all connected to what appeared to be bubbly mucous with ants etc within it. The beach has recently been covered in blue bottles and velella velella.
Common name :Gooseneck barnacle, on rock on sedimented bottom
As I described in my journal entry, http://www.inaturalist.org/journal/gcwarbler/4713,
we had a special opportunity on Sept. 29 after an overnight storm with a very low tide in the early morning. We hiked up Bowman's Beach as the last of the rain showers were passing over. We arrived at a high energy area (strongest surf and currents) and had the best shelling of our entire visit.
None of the shell groups on the beach are staged; these are just random images of the mass of shells which had been thrown onto the beach by the "storm" waves (which weren't particularly rough). In each of the full frame images, I have identified from 18 to 25 different species of mollusks. You can see many Florida fighting conchs, many of which were still alive. Other large shells visible in these images include Southern surfclams, stiff penshells, calico scallops, Atlantic giant cockles, and many ark shells. A lettered olive can be seen in the first array, near the lower center of the image.
The last image shows some of the nicer shells my wife collected on this one visit to Bowman's Beach.
In subsequent uploads, I'll be documenting the entire array of mollusk species we encountered on this trip.
Legal Notice: No living mollusks were collected in these shelling efforts. Quite the contrary, we spent a lot of energy returning hundreds of stranded live conchs and whelks into the surf.
Attached to cobble snagged by sablefish pots in south Chatham, 653 meters
Observed one of the barnacles in this group of about six filtering the water. I made a photo sequence from a short video, here is the Flickr link https://www.flickr.com/photos/brewbooks/39529849901
Along the rocky shore of Strait of Juan de Fuca at Clallam Bay Park and Slip Point during low tide.
These barnacles were stuck to a long strip of rubber (used for anchoring mooring buoys).