Pollicipes
Genus of barnacles
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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.[1][2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Thecostraca |
| Subclass: | Cirripedia |
| Order: | Pollicipedomorpha |
| Family: | Pollicipedidae |
| Genus: | Pollicipes Leach, 1817 |
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)
