Common name of Heliacus cylindricus
 
Common Name Atlantic cylinder 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 locality/area
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.
 
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