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Seawhip Barnacle

Conopea galeata

Classification

Conopea galeata is a species of colonial barnacle in the family Archaeobalanidae. It lives exclusively on gorgonians in the western Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. Description Conopea galeata grows to a diameter of about 1.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 3