Common Name | Dead man's finger |
Language | English |
Type | Vernacular |
Official Trade Name | No |
Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
Country | Global |
Locality | |
Ref. | Streftaris, N. and A. Zenetos, 2006 |
Life Stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | other/n.a. |
1st Modifier | person (generic) |
2nd Modifier | morphology |
Remarks | 'finger' from Old English 'finger', 'fingor'; perhaps from Proto-Indo-European root '*penkwe-' meaning 'five'. It forms long finger-like fronds which hang down from rocks during low tide hence the name 'dead man's fingers'. |