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Pollicipes polymerus (Crustacea: Cirripedia: Pollicipedidae)
... that the
gooseneck barnacle
Pollicipes polymerus
(several pictured)
will become
sterile
if there are no others within 20 cm (8 in)?
... that in 1781 both a
Danish zoologist
and a
Swedish naturalist
described the
transverse ladybird
?
... that the
clawless lobster
Tricarina
is known from a single
fossil
, obtained from an
oil well
3,852 m (12,638 ft) below ground in western
Iran
?
... that
Japanese skeleton shrimp
are invading the coastlines of North America, Europe, and New Zealand?
... that the
crab
Dyspanopeus sayi
may have lived in the
Venetian Lagoon
for 15 years before it was discovered?
... that
Polybius henslowii
has more swimming legs than other
swimming crabs
?