Definitions for "Nudibranch" Add To Word List
Login or Register  | Word Lists | Search History

a suborder of mollusks lacking a shell in the adult and having external respiratory appendages usually on the dorsal surface.
Helpful?           0
Order Nudibranchia ("naked gill") a shell-less snail in the mollusk family, having have outer gills in the form of featherlike appendages surrounding the anus (called anal gills). Nudibranchs also have a pair of rhinopores (sensory tentacles) on their heads.
Helpful?           0
is another name for a sea slug. Sea slugs are often flamboyantly colored.
Helpful?           0
any of various marine gastropods of the suborder Nudibranchia having a shell-less and often beautifully colored body
Helpful?           0
a colourful underwater snail without a shell, carrying its respiratory organ on its back) The interaction of tropical and temperate species makes every dive an exhilarating adventure
Helpful?           0
a small colorful snail-like animal you find between the corals
Helpful?           0
Shell-less marine snails.
Helpful?           0
Animals of the phylum Mollusca and class Gastropoda. Nudibranchs, sometimes referred to as sea slugs, take many different shapes and can be an array of colors.
Helpful?           0
Sea slug. A member of the mollusc class Gastropoda that has no protective covering as an adult. Respiration is carried on by gills or other projections on the dorsal surface.
Helpful?           0
A sea slug; member of a group of snails without shells that breathe through long, feathery gills on their backs.
Helpful?           0
A type of marine mollusk with a broad, muscular ventral foot and external gills
Helpful?           0
Nudibranchs are sea slugs belonging to the suborder Nudibranchia, the largest suborder of the order Opisthobranchia. There are more than 3,000,000 described species.
Helpful?           0