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#Barnacles have LEGS??? Who knew?!https://twitter.com/LynneHagelthorn/status/1164669216307286016 …
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Lynne Hagelthorn @LynneHagelthorn
Replying to @hood_naturalist
Fun fact - barnacles are a type of crustacean (like crabs/lobsters)! They start as small larvae that search for a place to settle at which point they develop into the famous sessile stage. Those are its cirri (homologous to legs) that it uses to bring food to its mouth
5:41 PM - 22 Aug 2019
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