These barnacles were removed from the skin of the Gray Whale which was prepared for a skeleton mount at Lester Pearson College
Scientific classification  |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Maxillopoda |
| Infraclass: | Cirripedia |
| Order: | Sessilia |
| Suborder: | Balanomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Coronuloidea |
| Family: | Coronulidae Leach, 1817 |
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Genus : |
Coronulinae Leach, 1817
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- a single barnacle
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- display with the whale skeleton
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Other Members of the Phylum Arthropoda at Race Rocks.
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 The Race Rocks taxonomy is a collaborative venture originally started with the Biology and Environmental Systems students of Lester Pearson College UWC. It now also has contributions added by Faculty, Staff, Volunteers and Observers on the remote control webcams. March 152006- Garry Fletcher |