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Pollicipes pollicipes

Thecostraca - Pollicipomorpha - Pollicipedidae

Taxonomy
Lepas pollicipes was named by Gmelin (1790). It is extant. It is the type species of Pollicipes.

It was recombined as Pollicipes pollicipes by Buckeridge (1983).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. danicus, P. euspidatus, P. radiatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1790Lepas pollicipes Gmelin
1983Pollicipes pollicipes Buckeridge p. 29

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
subphylumCrustaceaBrünnich 1772
RankNameAuthor
classThecostraca(Gruvel 1905)
subclassCirripedia(Rafinesque 1816)
infraclassThoracica(Darwin 1854)
superorderThoracicalcarea()
orderPollicipomorpha
familyPollicipedidaeGruvel 1905
genusPollicipesLeach 1817
speciespollicipes(Gmelin 1790)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Epibiont: yesc
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2008-03-04 07:51:33
Modified: 2011-06-14 02:28:17
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Spain Pollicipes pollicipes (215718)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Spain Pollicipes pollicipes (215716 215726 215734 215740)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Spain (Cantabria) Pollicipes pollicipes (101904)