Dosima fascicularis (blue buoy barnacle)

Description and Comments

Found attached to plastic label, beached at edge of surf zone. This was definitely a blue barnacle that had created some floating foam mass at its attachment point to the plastic. It was not a Velella (I first thought it would be when I saw it - I've never seen a D. fascicularis before!).

Author

Jellywatcher (not verified)

Type of organism

Other
Pelagic barnacle

Quantity

1

Latitude

32.87

Longitude

-117.25

Condition

Alive