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POLLICIPES POLLICIPES [1 record]

Record 1 2023-01-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Crustaceans
  • Seafood and Freshwater Food (Food Industries)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

goose barnacle: trade name recommended by the "Comité de normalisation de la terminologie des pêches commerciales" and by Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

OBS

goose barnacle; barnacle: common names also used to refer to other species of the family Pollicipedidae.

Key term(s)
  • goose neck barnacle
  • goosenecked barnacle

French

Domaine(s)
  • Crustacés
  • Produits de mer et d'eau douce (Industr. alim.)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

pouce-pied : nom commercial normalisé par l'Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF) et le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie des pêches commerciales.

OBS

pouce pied; pouce-pied : noms communs utilisés aussi pour désigner d'autres espèces de la famille des Pollicipedidae.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Crustáceos
  • Productos del mar y de agua dulce (Ind. alimentaria)
Entrada(s) universal(es)
DEF

Crustáceo cirrópodo, que tiene un caparazón compuesto de cinco piezas y un pedúnculo carnoso con el cual se adhiere a los peñascos de las costas, se cría formando grupos y es comestible.

OBS

Los crustáceos cirrípedos son todos marinos, y de adultos viven siempre fijos a un sustrato. Los percebes (Pollicipes cornucopia) viven fijos a rocas en zonas muy batidas por el mar. [...] Otros crustáceos pertenecientes al mismo grupo, pero no tan apreciados como los percebes [...] son los balanos o arneirones.

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