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  anaspidea, sea hare from indian ocean
Members of the Anaspidea are commonly known as Sea Hares because of the rabbit-Iike appearance of some members of this order.
For purple ink, the main ingredient of the pigment is phycoerythrin, and is derived from red sea weeds that the slug eats.
Exept Akera, Family: Akeridae Pilsbry, 1893 (absent from Reunion Island), all the Anaspidea are in fact Aplysiidae members.
vieoceane.free.fr /runseaslug/a_carac_anaspidea.htm   (428 words)

  
  Anaspidea - Encyclopedia.com
Anaspidea (Aplysiacea, Aplysiomorpha; class Gastropoda, subclass Opisthobranchia) An order of gastropods which have an internal and much reduced shell.
observed in the Cephalaspidea, Ascoglossa, Anaspidea, and Nudibranchia (e.g., Thompson, 1976...
Anti-tubulin labeling reveals ampullary neuron ciliary bundles in opisthobranch larvae and a new putative neural structure associated with the apical ganglion.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1O8-Anaspidea.html   (192 words)

  
 The Sea Slug Forum - Anaspidea - gizzard
The digestive system of the Anaspidea is of very similar design from the primitive Akera through to the sea hares.
A band of large crushing plates and then a region of relatively fine hooks packed close together to form a filter chamber.
Rudman, W.B., 2004 (December 22) Anaspidea - gizzard.
www.seaslugforum.net /factsheet.cfm?base=anasgizz   (338 words)

  
 - The Captains Blog -
Sea hares are small marine gastropod molluscs of the suborder Anaspidea in the subclass Orthogastropoda, class Gastropoda, phylum Mollusca.
Their scientific name (Anaspidea) is derived from the Greek for "without a shield" and refers to the lack of the head shield which characterises other members of the Opisthobranchia.
Sea hares are large, bulky creatures, reaching a length of up to 75 cm and weight of up to 2 kg.
www.captainsblogcayman.blogspot.com   (980 words)

  
 Anaspidea   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Sea hares (also called sea slugs) are small marine gastropod molluscs of the suborder Anaspidea (P.Fisher, 1883) in the subclass Orthogastropoda, class Gastropoda, phylum Mollusca.
Their commonname derives from the projections on their bodies which somewhat resemble rabbit ears.Their scientific name (Anaspidea) is derived from the Greek for"without a shield" and refers to the lack of the head shield which characterises other members of the Opisthobranchia.
Sea hares are large, bulky creatures, reaching a length of up to 75 cm and weight of up to 2 kg.
www.therfcc.org /anaspidea-271936.html   (281 words)

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