Definition of Pteropods. Meaning of Pteropods. Synonyms of Pteropods

- dissolved. Pteropods are found in all major oceans, usually 0–10 metres (0–33 ft) below the ocean surface and in all levels of latitude. Pteropods can be...
- pH sites. Pteropods and brittle stars both form the base of the Arctic food webs and are both seriously damaged from acidification. Pteropods s**** dissolve...
- mollusc clade Heterobranchia. Sea angels were previously considered to be pteropods. Sea angels are also sometimes known as "sea butterflies" but this is...
- Martens in 1676 and became the first gymnosomatous (without a s****) "pteropod" to be described. Clione limacina australis (Bruguière, 1792) Clione limacina...
- Pteropoda (also included within the informal group Opisthobranchia). Most pteropods have some form of calcified s****, although it is often very light, even...
- the subclass Opistobranchia, also called "sea angels". Similar to other Pteropods, these pelagic marine heterobranch gastropod mollusks are holoplanktonic...
- The Limacinidae are a family of small sea snails, pteropods, pelagic marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Thecosomata (sea butterflies). Genera within...
- mollusks in the order Opisthobranchia. As is the case in all gymnosome pteropods, these sea angels lack a s**** except during an early embryonic stage...
- "wings", hence their common name. They are gelatinous, mostly transparent pteropods, and they only have s**** in their embryonic stage. They are mostly very...
- been a focus of ocean acidification impact studies. Like other thecosome pteropods, Cavolinia inflexa form an aggronite s**** to surround their body. As...