Common name of Heliacus bisulcatus
 
Common Name Beaded sundial
Language English
Type AFS
Official Trade Name No
Rank 1 - (Legal common name (unique))
Country Canada
Locality
Ref. Turgeon, D.D., J.F. Quinn Jr., A.E. Bogan, E.V. Coan, F.G. Hochberg, W.G. Lyons, P.M. Mikkelsen, R.J. Neves, C.F.E. Roper, G. Rosenberg, B. Roth, A. Scheltema, F.G. Thompson, M. Vecchione and J.D. Willams, 1998
Life Stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core morphology
1st Modifier morphology
2nd Modifier
Remarks 'sundial', i.e., an ancient instrument used to show the time of day by the shadow of a stick on a usually flat or cylindrical surface; species in this family are flat and round with alternating dark and clear ridges as if in a sundial.
Glossary [ e.g. cnidaria]
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