Pollicipes elegans | |
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Original drawing of Pollicipes elegans illustrated by René Lesson in 1831 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Thecostraca |
Subclass: | Cirripedia |
Order: | Pollicipedomorpha |
Family: | Pollicipedidae |
Genus: | Pollicipes |
Species: | P. elegans
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Binomial name | |
Pollicipes elegans (Rene Lesson, 1831)[1]
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Synonyms | |
Pollicipes rigidus Sowerby, 1839 |
Pollicipes elegans, the Pacific goose barnacle, is a species of gooseneck barnacle inhabiting the tropical coastline of the eastern Pacific Ocean.[2] Its habitat borders a close relative, Pollicipes polymerus, a gooseneck barnacle covering the coastline of the Pacific Northwest. Other species belonging to the genus Pollicipes are found along the eastern coastlines of the Atlantic Ocean.
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