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.
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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
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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
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“Sea hare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sea%20hare. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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