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Megabalanus coccopoma (Mecoc_u1.jpg)
by O'Keefe, Jo

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Size (cm):
Locality:	United States (contiguous states), Edisto Beach, South Carolina
Sex/Stage:
Date:	2007-01-20
Reference:
Source:	http://www.okeefes.org/Marine_Life/marinelife.htm#Chordata
Remark:	There is both certainty and uncertainty about this specimen, almost everyone is sure that this is M. coccopoma. This is an invasive species of barnacle, surrounded by local barnacles and the mussel Brachidontes exustus.

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