Lepas pectinata

Recognising it 2

A small and coarsely sculptured species and the lines are very noticable as seen in the photo above.

They also have a very short peduncle (stalk) and no colour between the plates, so that points to L.pectinata.

Sources and Credits

  1. (c) tangatawhenua, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by tangatawhenua
  2. (c) tangatawhenua, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

iNaturalist NZ Map

Location Antipodean, Aupourian, Cookian, Forsterian, Kermadec Islands, Moriorian
Depth High Tide, Low Tide, Mid Tide