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The barnacle worms, of the phylum Plicostomata, form one of the most successful sessile groups of animals on Gossipiboma next to the flebs, or sea platter corals. The ancestral barnacle worm had several mouths, like a pimsnang and a ventral nerve chord. These animals are almost entirely sessile, and form a large part of pilings and reefs throughout the waters of the planet.

A. Virtock: An extremely primitive barnacle worm with five mouths and cilia in place of tentacles for filtering water.

B. Giant Rooster Barnacle

C. Gross's Parrot Worm: A pelagic species probably derived from typical sessile ones. There are lateral parapodia and the mantle cavity forms a kind of gill chamber.

D. Greater Gondola Worm.
E. White Rooster Barnacle.
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I'm guessing that these guys have a close common ancestor with Pimsangs?
I like the Gondola Tower artwork.