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Pleurobranchidae
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Pleurobranchidae

The Pleurobranchidae are a taxonomic family of sea slugs, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Pleurobranchomorpha. Species in the family Pleurobranchidae have a prominent mantle and an internal shell that becomes reduced or is lost completely in adults. Some adult species have been seen feeding on ascidians. Larval pleurobranchids can be planktotrophic (feeding on plankton), lecithotrophic (deriving nutrition from yolk), or direct developing.

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7 branches of this family, most-observed first

Pleurobranchus

genusPleurobranchus

Gumdrops

genusBerthellina

Berthella

genusBerthella

Boreoberthella

genusBoreoberthella

Pleurehdera

genusPleurehdera

Tomoberthella

genusTomoberthella

Bathyberthella

genusBathyberthella

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