Acorn barnacles (Tetraclita rubescens), with buckshot barnacles (Chthamalus species) attached to their surface and fingernail limpets (Collisella species) surrounding.

Description:
Coastal La Jolla, California.
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- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (animals)
- Bilateria (bilaterians)
- Protostomia (protostomes)
- Ecdysozoa (ecdysozoans)
- Arthropoda (arthropods)
- Pancrustacea
- Multicrustacea (typical crustaceans)
- Thecostraca (Barnacles and Allies)
- Cirripedia (barnacles)
- Thoracica (true barnacles)
- Sessilia (sessile-flowered trilliums)
- Balanomorpha (Symmetrical Sessile Barnacles)
- Chthamaloidea
- Chthamalidae (star barnacles)
- Chthamalinae
- Chthamalus
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