Percebes ( Pollicipes Pollicipes ) Stock Image

Pollicipes pollicipes is a cirripetal crustacean of the Scalpellidae family that grows on rocks beaten by the waves. It is fed by filtration, since, due to its lack of limbs, they remain immobile attached to the rocks all their adult life. Pollicipes pollicipes, known as the goose neck barnacle, goose barnacle or leaf barnacle is a species of goose barnacle, also well known under the taxonomic synonym Pollicipes cornucopia. It is found on rocky shores in the north-east Atlantic Ocean and is prized as a delicacy, especially in the Iberian Peninsula.