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Clavelina lepadiformis

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Clavelina lepadiformis


Scientific names: Clava in its diminitive form, clavella, is Latin and means club or hammer, while the Latin ending -ina, means -similarity. The Greek word lepas in its genitive form lepados, means bowl shaped shell. Forma is Latin for shape or form.

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