Common name of Opalia borealis
 
Common Name Boreal wentletrap
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 habitat/ecology
2nd Modifier
Remarks 'wentletrap' from German-Dutch 'wenteltrap', i.e., 'spiral staircase'.
Glossary [ e.g. cnidaria]
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