Gooseneck Barnacle (Pollicipes pollicipes)
Key Details
| Taxonomic Groups: | Invertebrate > crustacean > Crustacean |
| Red List Status: | (Not Relevant) [(not listed)(nr)] |
| D5 Status: | |
| Section 41 Status: | (not listed) |
| Taxa Included Synonym: | Mitella pollicipes |
| UKSI Recommended Name: | Pollicipes pollicipes |
| UKSI Recommended Authority: | (Gmelin, 1790) |
| UKSI Recommended Qualifier: | (none specified) |
| Red List Citation: | (not listed) |
| Notes on taxonomy/listing: | (none) |
Criteria
| Question 1: | Does species need conservation or recovery in England? |
| Response: | No |
| Justification: | Southern species at northern range edge and restricted to southern England but may raft on debris and wash up around UK coasts. Not currently targeted by UK fishery and likely to benefit from climate warming. Species is rare but considered stable. |
| Question 2: | Does recovery/ conservation depend on species-specific actions? |
| Response: | No |
| Justification: | Listed in the British Odonata Red Data List (Daguet et al., 2008) as Endangered (qualifying criteria: B1a, B1b, iii,iv; B2a, B2b, iii,iv). The species has never been recorded breeding outside of England within Britain. However, the State of Dragonflies in Britain and Ireland 2021 report found that the species significantly increased in occupancy in England from 1970-2019, most notably from 2012 (Taylor et al., 2021). Recovery within its core range, as well as recent range expansion, is believed to be a result of climate change, wetland habitat creation, and improvements in water quality within its catchments. |
| Question 3: | At a landscape scale, would the species benefit from untargeted habitat management to increase habitat mosaics, structural diversity, or particular successional stages? |
| Response: | No |
| Justification: | Not relevant to marine species. Habitat mosaics not required for this species regardless |
Species Assessment
Not relevant as no Key Actions defined.
Key Actions
No Key Actions Defined
Acknowledgment:
Data used on this website are adapted from Threatened species recovery actions 2025 baseline (JP065): Technical report and spreadsheet user guide (Natural England, 2025). Available here.