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Pollicipes polymerus
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Vinony's link graph records 9 inbound references to Pollicipes polymerus, and connects out to Crustacea, Amphipoda and Animalia.
Vinony files it under Barnacles, Crustaceans described in 1883 and Crustaceans of the eastern Pacific Ocean.
Vinony links it to 9 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
leaf barnacle
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMaxillopoda
- OrderPedunculata
- FamilyPollicipedidae
The body of this organism is up to 8 cm long. The capitulum is protected by five large, whitish plates and several smaller ones which lie in basal whorls. The carina lacks spines, and the tough, fleshy peduncle allows for elasticity to the force of the surface. The color is dark brown and contains many calcareous spicules embedded in its surface.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 519
- With media
- 123
- Family
- Pollicipedidae
- Collections
- UAM, SDNHM, LACM, CMN, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, CAS
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico, Canada
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Pollicipes
- Image
- Pollicipes polymerus 3.jpg
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- Commons category
- Pollicipes polymerus
- taxon name
- Pollicipes polymerus
- taxon rank
- species
- short name
- P. polymerus
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