opisthobranch

/ɵˈpɪsθəbɹæŋk/
adj 2noun 1

Definitions

noun

1

A gastropod with gills behind the heart, formerly thought to belong to a single group.

adj

1

Placed behind the heart.

2

Having gills placed behind the heart.

For example, the antitumour depsipeptide kahalalide F was isolated from the opisthobranch mollusc Elysia rufescens, and is used by both the mollusc and its dietary alga Bryopsis spp.

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