Pollicipes polymerus
From Natural History of Southeast Alaska
Goose-neck barnacle (Pollicipes polymerus): This barnacle lives in high-energy intertidal areas. It is edible, and an under-utilized food animal in the area. Most people do not see it as it tends to grow in hard-to-reach places. The other local species of staled barnacles, such as Pelagic Goose-neck Barnacle (Lepas anatifera) grow on floating objects offshore, and are then generally beachcombed when still attached to the logs and other jetsam they grew on.
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Weblinks
- WoRMS Page for Pollicipes polymerus
- Search Arctos Database for Pollicipes polymerus (Southeast only)
- Search Arctos Database for Pollicipes polymerus (entire database)
- Encyclopedia of Life search for Pollicipes polymerus
- iNaturalist Observations for Pollicipes polymerus in Southeast Alaska
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