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We found this on the beach at Lincoln city Oregon last year and have wondered what it was. We tried to identify it online with no success.
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Asked July 02, 2024, 1:27 PM EDT
We found this on the beach at Lincoln city Oregon last year and have wondered what it was. We tried to identify it online with no success.
Washington County Oregon
Expert Response
Hi! Thanks for the great photo. You found a Goose neck barnacle. Normally they are found in colonies, in the sea firmly attached onto rock. But birds and storms can wrench them from their place.
Here is some information on them:
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48786-Pollicipes-polymerus
https://www.centralcoastbiodiversity.org/goose-neck-barnacle-bull-pollicipes-polymerus.html
To ID things you find online, try using Google:
Best,
Here is some information on them:
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48786-Pollicipes-polymerus
https://www.centralcoastbiodiversity.org/goose-neck-barnacle-bull-pollicipes-polymerus.html
To ID things you find online, try using Google:
- Go to images.google.com.
- Click Search by image .
- Click Upload a file.
- Select an image.
- Click Open or Choose
__________________We found this on the beach at Lincoln city Oregon last year and have wondered what it was. We tried to identify it online with no success.
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