03 May 2025

Amphibalanus improvisus - Bay barnacle - Brakwaterpok

 Amphibalanus improvisus  (Darwin, 1854)

Bay barnacle - Brakwaterpok

Terneuzen - Uitstroomdelta zeewaterkoeling, the Netherlands, 30-4-2025. Specimens A.

Terneuzen - Uitstroomdelta zeewaterkoeling, the Netherlands, 30-4-2025. Specimens A. Bottom left: Diadumene lineata (Green anemone - Groene golfbrekeranemoon).

Burghsluis - Oost, the Netherlands, 15-2-2024.

't Koepeltje, the Netherlands, 15-8-2012. On Carcinus maenas (Shore crab - Strandkrab).

Dreischor - Gemaal, the Netherlands, 2-7-2020. On Carcinus maenas (Shore crab - Strandkrab).

Neeltje Jans - Vluchthaven, the Netherlands, 8-7-2010. On Carcinus maenas (Shore crab - Strandkrab).

Dreischor - Kokrif, the Netherlands, 6-7-2021. On Hemigrapsus takanoi (Brush-clawed shore crab - Penseelkrab).


With thanks to Marco Faasse for the identification or confirmation of the species (7-5-2025: "although 100% identification is not possible without removing the animal and examining it in detail").