Polybranchia

Translingual

Etymology

poly- +‎ branchia (“gills”)

Proper noun

Polybranchia f

Certain organisms bearing numerous branchia:
1. A taxonomic genus within the family Spionidae – certain polychaetes.
2. A taxonomic genus within the family Caliphyllidae – certain sea slugs.
3. (dated, Polybranchia) A group of Nudibranchiata or the modern order Nudibranchia, including those which have numerous branchiae on the back.

References

polychaetes

Spionidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Polybranchia (annelid) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Spionidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

sea slugs

Polybranchia (gastropod) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Polybranchia (gastropod) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Polybranchia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

~Nudibranchia

“Polybranchia”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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