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Pollicipes
Sign in to savePollicipes 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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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMaxillopoda
- OrderPedunculata
- FamilyPollicipedidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 37
- With media
- 6
- Family
- Pollicipedidae
- Collections
- YPM, CAS, SIO, USNM, MCZ, DMNS
- Recorded in
- Germany, United States, Mexico, Maldives, Philippines, Ecuador, Australia, Senegal
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- Parent taxon
- Pollicipedidae
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- Pollicipes pollicipes.jpg
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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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