Rhodope salviniplaweni

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Rhodope salviniplaweni
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Rhodopidae
Genus: Rhodope
Species:
R. salviniplaweni
Binomial name
Rhodope salviniplaweni
Fernández-Simón & Moles, 2025

Rhodope salviniplaweni is a species of small meiofaunal sea slug, a shell-less vermiform gastropod mollusk in the family Rhodopidae. [1]

Feeding habits

Rhodopids are the only known predators of placozoans, which make up the primary component of their diet. [2]

References

  1. ↑ "MolluscaBase - Rhodope salviniplaweni Fernández-Simón & Moles, 2025". www.molluscabase.org. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  2. ↑ Eitel, Michael; Osigus, Hans‐Jürgen; Brenzinger, Bastian; Wörheide, Gert (2024). "Beauty in the beast – Placozoan biodiversity explored through molluscan predator genomics". Ecology and Evolution. 14 (4). doi:10.1002/ece3.11220. ISSN   2045-7758. PMC   11007570 .
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