FAMILY : BALANIDAE
Balanus trigonus Darwin, 1854??

This animal was found in a sponge on Brunswick Heads beach and I initially thought that it
was a "Sponge" barnacle due to it's habitat, but I now believe it may be Balanus trigonus,
a species referred to as a fouling species




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