sea hare

noun

: any of various large opisthobranch mollusks (especially genus Aplysia) that have an arched back and two anterior tentacles and have the shell much reduced or missing

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Researchers are using the sea hare model to learn about individual cells function, discover the chemical pathways controlling various brain activities and to study how memories are processed and stored. —

Discover Magazine, 16 Mar. 2017 As a model system, the humble sea hare’s brain is relatively simple, composed of about 20,000 neurons that grow throughout its lifetime. —

Discover Magazine, 16 Mar. 2017 Live crabs, algae, anemones and a sea hare, collected from the La Jolla tide pools that morning, were displayed in plastic cups and aquariums on one of the tables. —

San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 July 2019 This is wrong; Aplysia is a sea hare, a group within the sea slugs. —

John Timmer, Ars Technica, 16 May 2018