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Plakobranchus Papua
''Plakobranchus'' is a genus of sea slugs, sacoglossans, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Plakobranchidae.Gofas, S. (2012)''Plakobranchus'' van Hasselt, 1824.Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-03-08 The author of the genus spelled the name originally as ''Plakobranchus'', but the spelling ''Placobranchus'' was a long time the prevailing usage, based on an incorrect subsequent spelling by Férussac (1824) in a translation of van Hasselt's work. Species Species within the genus ''Plakobranchus'' include: * '' Plakobranchus noctisstellatus'' Mehrotra, Caballer, C.M. Scott, Arnold, Monchanin & Chavanich, 2020 * ''Plakobranchus ocellatus'' van Hasselt, 1824 * '' Plakobranchus papua'' Meyers-Muñoz & van der Velde, 2016 Recent work on the photosynthetic abilities of ''Plakobranchus'' reveals that ''P. ocellatus'' is actually a species complex.Christa G., Wescott L., Schäberle T.F., König G.M., Wägele H., (2013) ''What remains after 2 ...
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Animal
Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms in the Kingdom (biology), biological kingdom Animalia. With few exceptions, animals Heterotroph, consume organic material, Cellular respiration#Aerobic respiration, breathe oxygen, are Motility, able to move, can Sexual reproduction, reproduce sexually, and go through an ontogenetic stage in which their body consists of a hollow sphere of Cell (biology), cells, the blastula, during Embryogenesis, embryonic development. Over 1.5 million Extant taxon, living animal species have been Species description, described—of which around 1 million are Insecta, insects—but it has been estimated there are over 7 million animal species in total. Animals range in length from to . They have Ecology, complex interactions with each other and their environments, forming intricate food webs. The scientific study of animals is known as zoology. Most living animal species are in Bilateria, a clade whose members have a Symmetry in biology#Bilate ...
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Marine (ocean)
The ocean (also the sea or the world ocean) is the body of salt water that covers approximately 70.8% of the surface of Earth and contains 97% of Earth's water. An ocean can also refer to any of the large bodies of water into which the world ocean is conventionally divided."Ocean."
''Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary'', Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ocean. Accessed March 14, 2021.
Separate names are used to identify five different areas of the ocean: (the largest), ,

Thuridilla Moebii
''Thuridilla moebii'' is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusc in the family Plakobranchidae. It is found in shallow water in the tropical west and central Indo-Pacific region. Description ''Thuridilla moebii'' is a small, slender slug, growing to a maximum length of about . On either side of the body there are parapodia which fold up and over the back, joining at the top, and forming a sheath from which the head projects at the front. The basic colour is translucent white, often tinted with bluish-green, or even pale blue. Along the upper surface is a bold longitudinal, zigzag band of contrasting colour, usually deep orange above and blackish below (but sometimes all black), uniformly speckled with white dots. The head is white and bears a pair of large, rolled rhinophores, which extend forward, the tips of which match the colouring of the band on the body. The front edge of the foot has a similar colouring. Distribution and ha ...
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Plakobranchus Papua
''Plakobranchus'' is a genus of sea slugs, sacoglossans, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Plakobranchidae.Gofas, S. (2012)''Plakobranchus'' van Hasselt, 1824.Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-03-08 The author of the genus spelled the name originally as ''Plakobranchus'', but the spelling ''Placobranchus'' was a long time the prevailing usage, based on an incorrect subsequent spelling by Férussac (1824) in a translation of van Hasselt's work. Species Species within the genus ''Plakobranchus'' include: * '' Plakobranchus noctisstellatus'' Mehrotra, Caballer, C.M. Scott, Arnold, Monchanin & Chavanich, 2020 * ''Plakobranchus ocellatus'' van Hasselt, 1824 * '' Plakobranchus papua'' Meyers-Muñoz & van der Velde, 2016 Recent work on the photosynthetic abilities of ''Plakobranchus'' reveals that ''P. ocellatus'' is actually a species complex.Christa G., Wescott L., Schäberle T.F., König G.M., Wägele H., (2013) ''What remains after 2 ...
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Plakobranchus Ocellatus
''Plakobranchus ocellatus'' is a species of sea slug, a sacoglossan, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Plakobranchidae.Gofas, S. (2014)''Plakobranchus ocellatus'' van Hasselt, 1824.Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2014-11-08 It is found in shallow water in the Indo-Pacific region. Distribution This species occurs in the Indo-Pacific. Recent work on the photosynthetic abilities of ''Plakobranchus'' reveals that ''P. ocellatus'' is actually a species complex consisting of at least four distinct clades.Christa G., Wescott L., Schäberle T.F., König G.M., Wägele H., (2013) ''What remains after 2 months of starvation? Analysis of sequestered algae in a photosynthetic slug, ''Plakobranchus ocellatus'' (Sacoglossa, Opisthobranchia), by barcoding.'' Planta. Feb;237(2):559-72. doi: 10.1007/s00425-012-1788-6. Epub 2012 Oct 30. Description The body is broad, truncate, and rather flattened, up to long. The head is flat and squarish, the rh ...
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Plakobranchus Noctisstellatus
''Plakobranchus'' is a genus of sea slugs, sacoglossans, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Plakobranchidae.Gofas, S. (2012)''Plakobranchus'' van Hasselt, 1824.Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-03-08 The author of the genus spelled the name originally as ''Plakobranchus'', but the spelling ''Placobranchus'' was a long time the prevailing usage, based on an incorrect subsequent spelling by Férussac (1824) in a translation of van Hasselt's work. Species Species within the genus ''Plakobranchus'' include: * '' Plakobranchus noctisstellatus'' Mehrotra, Caballer, C.M. Scott, Arnold, Monchanin & Chavanich, 2020 * ''Plakobranchus ocellatus'' van Hasselt, 1824 * ''Plakobranchus papua'' Meyers-Muñoz & van der Velde, 2016 Recent work on the photosynthetic abilities of ''Plakobranchus'' reveals that ''P. ocellatus'' is actually a species complex.Christa G., Wescott L., Schäberle T.F., König G.M., Wägele H., (2013) ''What remains after 2 ...
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Family (biology)
Family ( la, familia, plural ') is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between order and genus. A family may be divided into subfamilies, which are intermediate ranks between the ranks of family and genus. The official family names are Latin in origin; however, popular names are often used: for example, walnut trees and hickory trees belong to the family Juglandaceae, but that family is commonly referred to as the "walnut family". What belongs to a family—or if a described family should be recognized at all—are proposed and determined by practicing taxonomists. There are no hard rules for describing or recognizing a family, but in plants, they can be characterized on the basis of both vegetative and reproductive features of plant species. Taxonomists often take different positions about descriptions, and there may be no broad consensus across the scientific community for some time. The publishing of new data and opini ...
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Mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000  extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is estimated between 60,000 and 100,000 additional species. The proportion of undescribed species is very high. Many taxa remain poorly studied. Molluscs are the largest marine phylum, comprising about 23% of all the named marine organisms. Numerous molluscs also live in freshwater and terrestrial habitats. They are highly diverse, not just in size and anatomical structure, but also in behaviour and habitat. The phylum is typically divided into 7 or 8  taxonomic classes, of which two are entirely extinct. Cephalopod molluscs, such as squid, cuttlefish, and octopuses, are among the most neurologically advanced of all invertebrates—and either the giant squid or the colossal squid is the largest known invertebrate species. The gas ...
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Gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. There are many thousands of species of sea snails and slugs, as well as freshwater snails, freshwater limpets, and land snails and slugs. The class Gastropoda contains a vast total of named species, second only to the insects in overall number. The fossil history of this class goes back to the Late Cambrian. , 721 families of gastropods are known, of which 245 are extinct and appear only in the fossil record, while 476 are currently extant with or without a fossil record. Gastropoda (previously known as univalves and sometimes spelled "Gasteropoda") are a major part of the phylum Mollusca, and are the most highly diversified class in the phylum, with 65,000 to 80,000 living snail and slug species. The anatomy, behavior, feeding, and re ...
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Opisthobranch
Opisthobranchs () is now an informal name for a large and diverse group of specialized complex gastropods which used to be united in the subclass Opisthobranchia. That taxon is no longer considered to represent a monophyletic grouping. Euopisthobranchia is a taxon containing a revised collection of opisthobranchs, and that taxon is considered monophyletic. Euopisthobranchia does not include some "traditional" opisthobranchs such as the Sacoglossa and the Acochlidiacea. The subclass Heterobranchia now contains all the species which used to be assigned to Opisthobranchia, plus all the species in the Pulmonata. The subclass Opisthobranchia included species in the order Cephalaspidea (bubble shells and headshield slugs), the sacoglossans, anaspidean sea hares, pelagic sea angels, sea butterflies, and many families of the Nudibranchia. ''Opisthobranch'' means "gills behind" (and to the right) of the heart. In contrast, ''Prosobranch'' means ''gills in front'' (of the heart). Opist ...
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Sea Slug
Sea slug is a common name for some marine invertebrates with varying levels of resemblance to terrestrial slugs. Most creatures known as sea slugs are gastropods, i.e. they are sea snails (marine gastropod mollusks) that over evolutionary time have either completely lost their shells, or have seemingly lost their shells due to having a greatly reduced or internal shell. The name "sea slug" is most often applied to nudibranchs, as well as to a paraphyletic set of other marine gastropods without obvious shells. Sea slugs have an enormous variation in body shape, color, and size. Most are partially translucent. The often bright colors of reef-dwelling species implies that these animals are under constant threat of predators, but the color can serve as a warning to other animals of the sea slug's toxic stinging cells (nematocysts) or offensive taste. Like all gastropods, they have small, razor-sharp teeth, called radulas. Most sea slugs have a pair of rhinophores—sensory te ...
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Mollusca
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000  extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is estimated between 60,000 and 100,000 additional species. The proportion of undescribed species is very high. Many taxa remain poorly studied. Molluscs are the largest marine phylum, comprising about 23% of all the named marine organisms. Numerous molluscs also live in freshwater and terrestrial habitats. They are highly diverse, not just in size and anatomical structure, but also in behaviour and habitat. The phylum is typically divided into 7 or 8  taxonomic classes, of which two are entirely extinct. Cephalopod molluscs, such as squid, cuttlefish, and octopuses, are among the most neurologically advanced of all invertebrates—and either the giant squid or the colossal squid is the largest known invertebrate species. The gastropod ...
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