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Opisthobranchia
Opisthobranchia O*pis`tho*bran"chi*a, Opisthobranchiata O*pis`tho*bran`chi*a"ta, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ? behind + ? gills.] (Zo["o]l.) A division of gastropod Mollusca, in which the breathing organs are usually situated behind the heart. It includes the tectibranchs and nudibranchs.
Opisthobranchiata
Opisthobranchia O*pis`tho*bran"chi*a, Opisthobranchiata O*pis`tho*bran`chi*a"ta, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ? behind + ? gills.] (Zo["o]l.) A division of gastropod Mollusca, in which the breathing organs are usually situated behind the heart. It includes the tectibranchs and nudibranchs.
Opisthobranchiate
Opisthobranchiate O*pis`tho*bran"chi*ate, a. (Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to the Opisthobranchiata. -- n. One of the Opisthobranchiata.

Meaning of Opisthobranch from wikipedia

- Opisthobranchs (/əˈpɪsθəˌbræŋks, -θoʊ-/) is a now informal name for a large and diverse group of specialized complex gastropods which used to be united...
- scientists, including many scuba divers, study the marine mollusks known as opisthobranchs, which are a large and diverse group of s****ed and (mostly) s****-less...
- separate phenomenon. Torsion is present in all gastropods, but the opisthobranch gastropods are secondarily untorted to various degrees. Torsion occurs...
- Nudibranchs are often casually called sea slugs, as they are a family of opisthobranchs (sea slugs), within the phylum Mollusca (molluscs), but many sea slugs...
- sacoglossan sea slug. Costasiella kuroshimae are s****-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Costasiellidae. Despite being animals...
- California aglaja, is a large species of predatory sea slug, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Aglajidae. Navanax is not a nudibranch...
- taxonomic family of small, free-swimming sea slugs, pelagic marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the order Opisthobranchia. As is the case in all...
- striatella is an extinct species of sea snail (or sea slug), a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Akeridae, a family that is related to...
- Michael (September 2013). "A review on the diversity and distribution of opisthobranch gastropods from Peru, with the addition of three new records". Spixiana...
- or frosted sea slug (Dirona albolineata) is an Eastern Pacific Ocean opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Dironidae. This species occurs in the...