单词 | opelet anemone |
释义 | > as lemmasopelet anemone More fully opelet anemone. Any of several sea anemones of the genus Anemonia, characterized by long tentacles that cannot be fully retracted; esp. A. sulcata, which occurs in both brown and green forms and is found in the north-east Atlantic and the Mediterranean. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [noun] > class Anthozoa Actinozoa > order Zoantharia > suborder Actiniaria > member of > anemonia sulcata snake-locked anemone1853 opelet1860 1860 P. H. Gosse Actinologia Brit. 162 The English name (Opelet) I have formed for it..alludes to the habitually open condition of the disk. 1872 Appleton's Jrnl. 18 May 559/3 The collection of anemones, etc., is the largest in existence; while the opelet, one of the most exquisite wonders of the sea, is to be seen here in perfection. 1876 R. Routledge Discov. & Inventions 19th Cent. 249 The opelet (Anthea cereus)..is perhaps the most beautiful among British species [of sea-anemone]. 1971 D. Nichols in D. Nichols & J. A. L. Cooke Oxf. Bk. Invertebr. 14/1 Anemonia (Opelet Anemone). This genus prefers crevices to open rock faces, and is more common on South and West coasts than elsewhere. 1976 A. C. Campbell Hamlyn Guide to Seashores & Shallow Seas (1989) 90 Anemonia sulcata (Pennant). Opelet. Base lightly adhesive and sucker-like; smooth column reaching up to 10cm high. 1995 P. F. S. Cornelius et al. in P. J. Hayward & J. S. Ryland Handbk. Marine Fauna N.W. Europe iv. 125/1 Anemonia viridis (Forskål). Opelet or snakelocks anemone... Column smooth, usually wider than high, to about 50 mm diameter. < as lemmas |
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