Opalescent sea slug
A species of Hermissenda Scientific name : Hermissenda opalescens Genus : Hermissenda
Opalescent sea slug, A species of Hermissenda
Botanical name: Hermissenda opalescens
Genus: Hermissenda
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Description
The species grows to be about 50 mm, or about 2 inches. This slug has been treated as a model organism and used in studies into classical conditioning, memory consolidation and associative learning, the structure of neural circuits and neural physiology. It has also been used to investigate ultrastructure and anatomy, larval and reproductive ecology, behavioral ecology and pharmacology and toxicology including studies into Beta thymosins. Unfortunately these studies did not differentiate between the three species of Hermissenda.
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Scientific Classification
Phylum
Molluscs Class
Snails and slugs Order
Nudibranchs Family
Facelinidae Genus
Hermissenda Species
Opalescent sea slug 
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