Genus

Pollicipes

Pollicipes polymerus. Photo: (c) lisamaree, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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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Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
    - Subphylum: Crustacea (Crustaceans)
      - Superclass: Multicrustacea (Typical crustaceans)
        Class: Hexanauplia (Barnacles and copepods)
        Subclass: Thecostraca (Barnacles and allies)
        Infraclass: Cirripedia (Barnacles)
        Subterclass: Thoracica (Normal barnacles)
        Superorder: Thoracicalcarea (Thoracican barnacles)
        Order: Pollicipedomorpha
        Family: Pollicipedidae
        Genus: Pollicipes
        Species: Pollicipes polymerus (Gooseneck barnacle)

Subtaxa

Species: Pollicipes polymerus (Gooseneck barnacle)

Genus

Pollicipes

Subtaxa

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