The goose barnacle is Dosimia fascicularis Ellis & Solander, 1786. This
barnacle produces a floatable small ball and is always attached to it. At
times as in your image a group are attached to a single ball.
Constantine Mifsud,
5, Triq ir-Rghajja,
Rabat RBT 02,
MALTA
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