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Pollicipes polymerus
Best found at Eckholms +
Class Maxillopoda +
Common name is Goose-neck barnacle  +
Documentation requested false  +
Family Pollicipedidae +
Found at Kayak Island + , Eckholms +
Genus Pollicipes +
Order Scalpelliformes +
Origination status is Native +
Phylum Arthropoda +
Scientific name is Pollicipes polymerus  +
SpecificEpithet polymerus  +
Summary This barnacle lives in high-energy intertiThis 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 [[Lepas anatifera|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.to the logs and other jetsam they grew on.  +
TaxonRank species  +
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Categories Marine Invertebrate  + , Species  +
Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki. 25 July 2013 09:49:42  +
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File:Pollicipes polymerus Kayak.JPG + FileTags
 

 

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