A beachcomber stumbled upon an unusual find during a weekend stroll. Chevaun Hands captured an image of the peculiar 'roll' of seaweed and shells, in Blackpool, turning to Facebook for assistance ...

Eagle-eyed locals revealed the strange mass was a cluster of goose barnacles. University of South Australia marine ecologist ...

Scanning electron micrograph of a filter feeding appendage (cirri) from a goose barnacle (Lepas). Goose barnacles are non-motile crustaceans that live in the sea attached to rocks and floating objects ...

A number of people on the platform said the shells appeared to be gooseneck barnacles, a rare species served up as a delicacy in countries like Spain and Portugal, as per Manchester Evening News.

A team of researchers from the University of Turku and the Natural Resources Institute Finland has examined the foraging behavior of barnacle geese ... fields where no goose management took ...