Common name of Entacmaea quadricolor
 
Common Name Bulb-tentacle sea anemone
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official Trade Name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country Australia
Locality
Ref. Fautin, D.G. and G.R. Allen, 1992
Life Stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core behavior
1st Modifier
2nd Modifier
Remarks 'bulb', from Latin 'bulbus' from Greek 'bolbos', i.e., 'bulbous root'; 'tentacle' from modern Latin 'tentaculum', i.e., 'feel'.
 
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