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01-23-2010, 08:37 PM

justinl

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Can't really make anything out in the pictures, but you've described a barnacle. They're arthropods and are harmless filter feeders. Imagine a shrimp in a box (that is actually its nose believe it or not!) that feeds by sticking its legs out and sweeping them in to its mouth.

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