Small goose barnacles attached on a ram's horn squid shell washed on the beach. Port Alfred, Eastern Cape (2024). White small stalked barnacle with a light-brown always short peduncle. Body shelled with thick striated plates. Scutum round and broad, with a ridge so forward that it appears not to have one. Tergum triangular and pointy.… Continue reading Small goose barnacle (Lepas pectinata)
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Goose barnacle (Lepas anserifera)
Close-up of goose barnacles attached on the sole of a shoe washed ashore. Port Alfred, Eastern Cape (2024). Off-white stalked barnacle. Shelled body flat, triangular in shape and compressed, wide at bottom and narrowing to a point.Shell plates (5) calcareous, not overlapping and with no gaps in between, with orange edges, covered with radiating ridges… Continue reading Goose barnacle (Lepas anserifera)
Spiral fanworms (Spirorbis sp.)
Spiral fanworms on coralline algal crust at the bottom of a rock pool. Mouille Point, Cape Town, Western Cape (2020) - iNaturalist Minute coiled worms with spiral shells. Head with a small number of feathery filter-feeding branches and a stalked operculum that blocks the shell. About 2 mm. Abundant everywhere, dotting most rocks in the… Continue reading Spiral fanworms (Spirorbis sp.)
Slipper limpet (Crepidula porcellana)
Slipper limpet found attached on the shell of a Burnupena whelk. Port Alfred, Eastern Cape (2022). Shell in the shape of a tear, with concave internal shelf. Surface smooth, usually brown. About 15 mm. Lives attached on other shells, frequently forming stacks, one on top of another. Changes sex as it matures : the larger… Continue reading Slipper limpet (Crepidula porcellana)
Alikreukel (Turbo sarmaticus)
Large alikreukel covered in spiral fanworms (Spirorbis spp.) and pinkish barnacles. Old Woman's River, Eastern Cape (2021) - iNaturalist Also called the giant periwinkle, or the South African turban shell. Large and round, height less than width. About three rows of low nodules spiral around each whorl - though they may erode and disappear in… Continue reading Alikreukel (Turbo sarmaticus)
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