Name
Pollicipes
barnacle
Framing
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Thecostraca
Order: Pollicipedomorpfa
Family: Pollicipedidae
Genus: Pollicipes
Habitat
Marine, benthic on rocky substrate in the intertidal zone
Feeding
Filter
Distribution
Northeastern Atlantic and western Mediterranean
Conservation status
Vulnerable in the Red Book of Invertebrates of Andalusia. Not assessed by IUCN
Additional information
The thorax has 6 segments each with a pair of biramous appendages. Abdomen without appendages. Body is divided into capitulum and peduncle. The capitulum has two large plates on each side and a series of smaller plates above the peduncle.
Bibliography
Southward, A.J. (2001). Cirripedia - non-parasitic Thoracica, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 280-283.
- Chan, Benny K.K.; Southward, A. (2010). Pollicipes pollicipes (Gmelin, 1790). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106177
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