Common Name | Fuzzy 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 | color pattern(s) |
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. |