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Sacoglossans
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Sacoglossans

Sacoglossa

Sacoglossa, commonly known as the sacoglossans or the "sap-sucking sea slugs", are a clade of small sea slugs and sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks that belong to the clade Heterobranchia. Sacoglossans live by ingesting the cellular contents of algae, hence the adjective "sap-sucking".

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4 branches of this group, most-observed first

Plakobranchoidea

superfamilyPlakobranchoidea

Oxynooidea

superfamilyOxynooidea

Platyhedyloidea

superfamilyPlatyhedyloidea

Elysioidea

superfamilyElysioidea

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