Hydromyles
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Hydromyles is a taxonomic genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of small sea slug
Slug
Slug is a common name that is normally applied to any gastropod mollusc that lacks a shell, has a very reduced shell, or has a small internal shell...

s, marine
Marine (ocean)
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 opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Hydromylidae. They are sometimes known as sea angel
Sea angel
Sea angels previously known as one kind of pteropod, are a large group of small swimming sea slugs in six different families. These are pelagic marine opisthobranch gastropod molluscs in the clade Gymnosomata within the larger clade Heterobranchia....

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Hydromyles species are pelagic, carnivorous and viviparous.

For more information please see: Sea angel
Sea angel
Sea angels previously known as one kind of pteropod, are a large group of small swimming sea slugs in six different families. These are pelagic marine opisthobranch gastropod molluscs in the clade Gymnosomata within the larger clade Heterobranchia....

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Species

Species in the genus Hydromyles include:
  • Hydromyles globulosus (Rang, 1825)
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