Pollicipes
Genus of barnacles
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Thecostraca |
Subclass: | Cirripedia |
Order: | Pollicipedomorpha |
Family: | Pollicipedidae |
Genus: | Pollicipes Leach, 1817 |
Pollicipes is a genus of goose barnacles, first described by William Elford Leach in 1817. It comprises four species of marine suspension-feeders.[1][2]
Species
These species belong to the genus Pollicipes:[1]
- 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)
References
- ^ a b "World Register of Marine Species, genus Pollicipes". Retrieved 2021-08-23.
- ^ Chan, Benny K. K.; Dreyer, Niklas; Gale, Andy S.; Glenner, Henrik; et al. (2021). "The evolutionary diversity of barnacles, with an updated classification of fossil and living forms". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 193 (3): 789–846. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa160. hdl:11250/2990967.
External links
Data related to Pollicipes at Wikispecies
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