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A genus of oceanic nudibranchiate mollusks having the small branched gills situated on the upper side of four fleshy lateral lobes, and on the median caudal crest.

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  1. n. A genus of oceanic nudibranchiate mollusks having the small branched gills situated on the upper side of four fleshy lateral lobes, and on the median caudal crest.
  2. A genus of oceanic nudibranchiate mollusks having the small branched gills situated on the upper side of four fleshy lateral lobes, and on the median caudal crest. Note: In color and form these mollusks closely imitate the fronds of sargassum and other floathing seaweeds among which they live.
  3. A genus of oceanic nudibranchiate mollusks having the smallbranched gills situated on the upper side of four fleshy laterallobes, and on the median caudal crest.