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English
Etymology
From opistho- + branchia.
Pronunciation
Noun
opisthobranch (plural opisthobranchs)
- (zoology) A gastropod with gills behind the heart, formerly thought to belong to a single group.
Adjective
opisthobranch (not comparable)
- (of gills) Placed behind the heart.
- Antonym: prosobranch
- (of a gastropod) Having gills placed behind the heart.
- Antonym: prosobranch
2016 January 21, “Choose Your Weaponry: Selective Storage of a Single Toxic Compound, Latrunculin A, by Closely Related Nudibranch Molluscs”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI: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.