(c) lisamaree, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by lisamaree · cc-by-nc
Pollicipes polymerus
Sign in to savespecies of crustacean
Species
leaf barnacle
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMaxillopoda
- OrderPedunculata
- FamilyPollicipedidae
Habitatmarine
Observations17,015
The body of this organism is up to 8 cm long. The capitulum is protected by five large, whitish plates and several smaller ones which lie in basal whorls. The carina lacks spines, and the tough, fleshy peduncle allows for elasticity to the force of the surface. The color is dark brown and contains many calcareous spicules embedded in its surface.
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 519
- With media
- 123
- Family
- Pollicipedidae
- Collections
- UAM, SDNHM, LACM, CMN, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, CAS
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico, Canada
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Pollicipes
- Image
- Pollicipes polymerus 3.jpg
Show 4 more facts
- Commons category
- Pollicipes polymerus
- taxon name
- Pollicipes polymerus
- taxon rank
- species
- short name
- P. polymerus
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0