Aplysia (/ əˈplɪʒ (i) ə /) is a genus of medium-sized to extremely large sea slugs, specifically sea hares, which are a kind of marine gastropod mollusk. These benthic herbivorous creatures can become rather large compared with most other mollusks.

The order Aplysiida, commonly known as sea hares (Aplysia species and related genera), are medium-sized to very large opisthobranch gastropod molluscs with a soft internal shell made of protein. These are marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamilies Aplysioidea and Akeroidea.

2025年3月6日 · Scientific Name: These chubby sea friends go by the name Aplysia vaccaria, and are a type of sea slug that belong to the order Anaspidea. Other Names: Some go by snazzier titles like California black sea hare or even the wedge sea …

2011年1月25日 · What is Aplysia? A genus of gastropod molluscs well-known as ‘model organisms’ in neuroscience, particularly work on the cellular biology of learning and memory (for his contributions Eric Kandel shared the 2000 Nobel prize for Physiology or Medicine).

Aplysia vaccaria, also known as the black sea hare and California black sea hare, is a species of extremely large sea slug, a marine, opisthobranch, gastropod mollusk in the family Aplysiidae. [1] It is the largest sea slug species.

The National Aplysia Resource at the UM Rosenstiel School is the only facility in the world that cultures and raises sea hares, Aplysia californica, for scientific research. The relatively simple nervous system of Aplysia offers an ideal model for research on neurophysiology, brain function, memory and learning, and aging.

Aplysia is a gastropod mollusk of the order Opisthobranchia, meaning “gills behind” (from Greek opisthen for behind, plus branchia for gills) and referring to the location of the gill of Aplysia behind the heart.

For over 50 years the California sea hare, Aplysia californica, has been an important model for study of the function of the nervous system (neurophysiology) and investigation of the cellular and molecular basis of behavior.

The meaning of APLYSIA is any of a genus (family Aplysiidae) of large, sluglike marine gastropod mollusks that lack a shell or have a reduced internal shell embedded in the mantle and that have a pair of lateral winglike extensions on the foot and …

Aplysia is a large, nearly shell-less marine snail that is best known for its use by neuroscientists in understanding the cellular and molecular basis of learning and memory, which culminated in awarding the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to Eric Kandel.