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Pollicipes is a genus of goose barnacles, first described by William Elford Leach in 1817. It comprises four species of marine suspension-feeders.

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  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassMaxillopoda
  4. OrderPedunculata
  5. FamilyPollicipedidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded20,909

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Pollicipes is a genus of goose barnacles, first described by William Elford Leach in 1817. It comprises four species of marine suspension-feeders.

==Species== These species belong to the genus Pollicipes: Pollicipes caboverdensis Fernandes, Cruz & Van Syoc, 2010 Pollicipes elegans (Lesson, 1831) (Pacific goose barnacle) Pollicipes pollicipes (Gmelin, 1791 [in Gmelin, 1788-1792]) (goose barnacle) Pollicipes polymerus Sowerby, 1833 (gooseneck barnacle)

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