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Aplacophora
4-342.00.00Region: cosmopolitan.
Habitat: sea; deep-water, exclusively benthic, near the bottom.
Genera: 28 families; 320 species.ZoologyAplacophora are marine molluscs, very small, up to 5 cm, to 30 cm. They are shell-less, cylindrical and worm-like in form.CladesSolenogastres (Neomeniomorpha): carnivores feeding on cnidarians or sometimes annelids.
Caudofoveata (Chaetodermomorpha): detritovores or feed on foraminiferans.TaxonomyAplacophorans are traditionally considered ancestral to the other mollusca.
Habitat: sea; deep-water, exclusively benthic, near the bottom.
Genera: 28 families; 320 species.ZoologyAplacophora are marine molluscs, very small, up to 5 cm, to 30 cm. They are shell-less, cylindrical and worm-like in form.CladesSolenogastres (Neomeniomorpha): carnivores feeding on cnidarians or sometimes annelids.
Caudofoveata (Chaetodermomorpha): detritovores or feed on foraminiferans.TaxonomyAplacophorans are traditionally considered ancestral to the other mollusca.