Meanings
nounaplacophoran (plural aplacophorans)
plural aplacophorans
- Any benthic mollusc of the class Aplacophora.
The aplacophoran mollusc Chaetoderma sp. occurred only at 500 m.
2015 December 1, “Macrofaunal Patterns in and around du Couedic and Bonney Submarine Canyons, South Australia”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Synonyms & antonyms
noundeep-water wormlike mollusks lacking calcareous plates on the body but having fine slimy spicules on the covering mantle
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