Pollicipes

<i>Pollicipes</i>

Pollicipes

Genus of barnacles

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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Species

These species belong to the genus Pollicipes:[1]

References

  1. [1]
    "World Register of Marine Species, genus Pollicipes". Retrieved 2021-08-23.
  2. [2]
    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.


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