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Invertebrates

Limpets

Patella vulgata · Lapas

Gastropod molluscs clamped to the rock; several species live across the intertidal zone of the Berlengas.

Invertebrates

Goose BarnaclePollicipes pollicipes
Henslow's Swimming CrabPolybius henslowii
Tunicates (Sea Squirts)Tunicata
Mediterranean MusselMytilus galloprovincialis

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