| Pollicipes elegans | |
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| Original drawing of Pollicipes elegans illustrated by René Lesson in 1831 | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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 | |
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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.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Pollicipes elegans (Lesson, 1831)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
- ^ Oceanography and marine biology : an annual review. Volume 60. S. J. Hawkins. Boca Raton. 2022. ISBN 978-1-003-28860-2. OCLC 1353293212.
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