Common name of Onchidoris bilamellata
 
Common Name Barnacle-eating onchidoris
Language English
Type AFS
Official Trade Name No
Rank 1 - (Legal common name (unique))
Country United States (contiguous states)
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 behavior
2nd Modifier
Remarks 'onchidoris', from scientific name of family Onchidorididae, probably derived from 'onchi' from Greek 'onkos', i.e., bulk, mass and 'doris', i.e., a country in Helas, also a daughter of Oceanus, wife of Nereus and mother of 50 seanymphs.
 
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