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Gall Crab?
I've got what I think is a gall crab in (what I think is) an A. miribilis. It's been suggested that the critter might be a barnacle, but it sure doesn't look like a bivalve to me. Can anyone take a stab?
Here's a shot of the opening in the acro, it's open space in there: These next couple show the critter emerging to swing it's feathery claws around: Retreated to cover, sick of the Paparazzi I guess More shots of feeding:
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It's a barnacle. It doesn't look like a bivalve because it isn't. Barnacles are crustaceans just like crabs. Bivalves are mollusks like clams.
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Wow, did I end up getting confused. Somewhere along the way while trying to ID this online, I'm sure I saw a reference to coral barnacles that categorized them as bivalves. Either I mis-read, mis-remembered or the site was wrong. Anyways, thanks for the ID.
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