Polybranchia

Translingual

Polybranchia orientalis (sea slug)

Etymology

poly- +‎ branchia (“gills”)

Proper noun

Polybranchia f

1. Certain organisms bearing numerous branchia:
   1. A taxonomic genus within the family Spionidae – certain polychaetes.
   2. A taxonomic genus within the family Caliphyllidae – certain sea slugs.
   3. (dated, Polybranchia) A group of Nudibranchiata or the modern order Nudibranchia, including those which have numerous branchiae on the back.

References

polychaetes

• Spionidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Polybranchia (annelid) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Spionidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

sea slugs

• Polybranchia (gastropod) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Polybranchia (gastropod) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Polybranchia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

~Nudibranchia

• “Polybranchia”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.