1. Lamellaria perspicua. Length 23 mm. Resembles sponge encrusted rock and (reddish mark rear of centre) open orange-red aperture of Verruca stroemia barnacles concealed in sponge which live in the vicinity. Menai Strait, Wales, Feb. 2011.
  2. Lamellaria perspicua. Length 23 mm. Resembles sponge encrusted rock and (reddish mark rear of centre) open orange-red aperture of Verruca stroemia barnacles concealed in sponge which live in the vicinity. Menai Strait, Wales, Feb. 2011.

Lamellaria perspicua. Length 23 mm. Resembles sponge encrusted rock and (reddish mark rear of centre) open orange-red aperture of Verruca stroemia barnacles concealed in sponge which live in the vicinity. Menai Strait, Wales, Feb. 2011.

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Lamellaria perspicua
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I.F. Smith

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Dorsal view of 23 mm L. perspicua from LWS on Menai Strait, Wales, Feb. 2011. Yellow sponge coated many rocks and the Verruca stroemia barnacles adhering to them. The dorsum of this specimen closely resembles a sponge encrusted rock with the open orange-red aperture of a hidden barnacle (orange-red mark to rear of centre).