Common name of Discotectonica discus
 
Common Name Keeled sundial
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official Trade Name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country United States (contiguous states)
Locality
Ref. Bisby, F.A., M.A. Ruggiero, K.L. Wilson, M. Cachuela-Palacio, S.W. Kimani, Y.R. Roskov, A. Soulier-Perkins and J. van Hertum, 2005
Life Stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core morphology
1st Modifier morphology
2nd Modifier
Remarks 'sundial', i.e., an ancient instrument used to show the time of day by the shadow of a stick on a usually flat or cylindrical surface; species in this family are flat and round with alternating dark and clear ridges as if in a sundial.
Glossary [ e.g. cnidaria]
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