anaspidean

English

Noun

anaspidean (plural anaspideans)

1. A marine mollusc of the clade Anaspidea.
   • 1977, Arthur Charles Giese, Reproduction of Marine Invertebrates:

     In the anaspideans the common genital duct (large or wide hermaphroditic duct) is a tubular continuation of the pallial gonoduct from the fertilization chamber and the pallial oviduct to the common genital aperture.

   • 2003, Corrado Tringali, Bioactive Compounds from Natural Sources, page 606:

     Since all anaspideans are strictly herbivorous, many chemical studies revealed typical algal metabolites.

Synonyms

• sea hare

Further reading

• Anaspidea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia