Sacoglossa

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Etymology

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Proper noun

Sacoglossa

A taxonomic order within the class Gastropoda – sometimes called sap-sucking sea slugs, for feeding on the contents of the cells of algae.[1]

Hypernyms

(order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Gastropoda - class; Heterobranchia - subclass[1]

Hyponyms

(order): Boselliidae, Caliphyllidae, Cylindrobullidae, Hermaeidae, Juliidae, Limapontiidae, Oxynoidae, Plakobranchidae, Platyhedylidae, Volvatellidae - families

References

Sacoglossa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Sacoglossa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Sacoglossa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Sacoglossa at World Register of Marine Species
Sacoglossa at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Sacoglossa at Encyclopedia of Life
Sacoglossa at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Sacoglossa at Paleobiology Database

Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248

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