Barnacle goose
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The barnacle goose is a species of goose that belongs to the genus Branta of black geese, which contains species with extensive black in the plumage, distinguishing them from the grey Anser species. D
Barnacle Goose
Brooding in Sweden
Pair with goslings in Sweden
Half-grown gosling
Barnacle
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Barnacles are arthropods of the subclass Cirripedia in the subphylum Crustacea. They are related to crabs and lobsters, with similar nauplius larvae. Barnacles are exclusively marine invertebrates; ma
Barnacle goose
…geese were never seen in summer, when they were supposedly developing underwater (they were actually breeding in remote Arctic regions) in the form of barnacles—which came to have the name "barnacle" because of this legend. Based on these legends—indeed, the legends may have been invented for this purpose—some…
Chthamalus stellatus
Whale barnacles on a humpback whale
Nauplius larva of Elminius modestus
Cypris larva of Amphibalanus improvisus