APHOTOMARINE

An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that can be found in coastal waters
and intertidal areas of Great Britain and Ireland by David Fenwick.

A-P-H-O-T-O Wildlife Stock Image Library
Sacculina carcini Thompson, 1836 - Crab hacker barnacle (Barnacle images)
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Crab hacker barnacle
Sacculina carcini
- on abdomen of juvenile Shore Crab, Carcinus maenas 1

Crab hacker barnacle
Sacculina carcini
- on abdomen of juvenile Shore Crab, Carcinus maenus 2

Specimen above found on the abdomen of a juvenile Carcinus maenas, Shore Crab on the shore at Baiter Point, Poole Quay, Poole, Dorset, 12.09.18.

Crab hacker barnacle
Sacculina carcini
- on Carcinus maenas 1

Crab hacker barnacle
Sacculina carcini
- on Carcinus maenus 2

Crab hacker barnacle
Sacculina carcini
- on Carcinus maenus 3

Crab hacker barnacle
Sacculina carcini
- on Carcinus maenus 4

Crab hacker barnacle
Sacculina carcini
- on Carcinus maenus 5

Crab hacker barnacle
Sacculina carcini
- on Carcinus maenus 6

Crab hacker barnacle
Sacculina carcini
- barnacle close-up 1

Crab hacker barnacle
Sacculina carcini
- barnacle close-up 2

Crab hacker barnacle
Sacculina carcini
- removed from host 1

Crab hacker barnacle
Sacculina carcini
- with 1.0mm division rule 1

Crab hacker barnacle
Sacculina carcini
- microscopic nauplius larva from within barnacle 1

Crab hacker barnacle
Sacculina carcini
- microscopic nauplius larva from within barnacle 2

Specimen above found on the abdomen of a Shore crab at Chimney Rocks, Penzance, Cornwall, 08.08.17.

Crab hacker barnacle
Sacculina carcini
- barnacle attached to female abdomen 1

Crab hacker barnacle
Sacculina carcini
- barnacle attached to female abdomen 2

Crab hacker barnacle
Sacculina carcini
- barnacle attached to female abdomen 3

Specimen above found on the abdomen of a female Shore crab at Treath, Helford, Cornwall, 08.10.17.

Sacculina carcini Crab hacker barnacle images
The main objective of this website is in furthering environmental awareness and education through the medium of photography. To increase awareness and access to the wildlife of the region and help
people find and identify it. Sometimes the difference between species is obvious but many species can only be determined by observing microscopic characteristics that are specific to any one species.