A fairly rare find in NZ although it is common in the northern hemisphere.
These clever barnacles build their own float - hence the name "buoy barnacle". They build the float to about golf-ball size and it can host a large number of offspring. Their happy pelagic life is cut short if/when they wash ashore somewhere.
Location | Antipodean, Aupourian, Cookian, Forsterian, Kermadec Islands, Moriorian |
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