Common name of Glaucus atlanticus
 
Common Name Sea swallow
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official Trade Name No
Rank 2 - (Preferred common name (unique))
Country Germany
Locality
Ref. www.reeflex.net, 2015
Life Stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core other animal
1st Modifier habitat/ecology
2nd Modifier
Remarks 'swallow', from Old English 'swealwe' meaning 'swallow'; from Proto-Indo-European '*swol-wi-' (source also of Polish 'slowik', meaning 'nightingale').
 
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