Pollicipes elegans

Pollicipes elegans
Drawing of Pollicipes elegans
Original drawing of Pollicipes elegans illustrated by René Lesson in 1831
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Thecostraca
Subclass: Cirripedia
Order: Pollicipedomorpha
Family: Pollicipedidae
Genus: Pollicipes
Species:
P. elegans
Binomial name
Pollicipes elegans
Synonyms

Pollicipes rigidus Sowerby, 1839
Pollicipes ruber Sowerby, 1833

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.

  1. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Pollicipes elegans (Lesson, 1831)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
  2. ^ Oceanography and marine biology : an annual review. Volume 60. S. J. Hawkins. Boca Raton. 2022. ISBN 978-1-003-28860-2. OCLC 1353293212.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)