notaspidean

English

Noun

notaspidean (plural notaspideans)

1. A sea slug of the former suborder Notaspidea, now split into clades Umbraculida and Pleurobranchomorpha.
   • 2012, The Mollusca: Physiology, page 10:

     Responses to low concentrations of food extract have been best documented in the carnivorous notaspidean Pleurobranchaea californica.

Synonyms

• sidegill slug

Further reading

• Notaspidea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• antipodeans