Common name of Glaucus atlanticus
 
Common Name Man-of-war nudibranch
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official Trade Name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country Hawaii
Locality
Ref. Meadows, D.W. and A. Kane, 2006
Life Stage juveniles and adults
Sex
Core morphology
1st Modifier morphology
2nd Modifier
Remarks 'nudibranch', any marine gastropod of the order Nudibranchia, characterized by a shell-less, often beautifully colored body bearing external gills and other appendages. From Latin 'nudi- + branche'; 'nudi' from 'nudus', naked or bare, and 'branche' from Latin 'branchi, gills.
Glossary [ e.g. cnidaria]
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