Pollicipes mitella

These barnacles were collected by Hugh Cuming who is mostly known for collecting shells. He gave Darwin his barnacle collection to study. Barnacles such as Pollicipes were fascinating to Darwin, especially their reproductive biology. As a self-taught zoologist, he spent eight years of his life dedicated to working on the taxonomy of barnacles

Acorn Arthropoda Barnacle Crustacea Crustacean Darwin Maxillopod Maxillopoda Whale

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