Pteropods are split into two major groups: shelled sea butterflies (left) and sea angels (right) that lose their shell when they reach adulthood. These creatures have adapted from a life on the ...

Limnology and Oceanography, Vol. 64, No. S1, SPECIAL ISSUE: Long-term Perspectives in Aquatic Research (January 2019), pp. S240-S256 (17 pages) Pteropods are abundant zooplankton in the Western ...

Pteropods: Seawaters are already corrosive enough in some areas to erode the shells of these small sea “butterflies.” Pteropods are tiny snails that are found throughout the oceans and are an ...

According to the department, the pteropods, which are native to tropical and subtropical waters, were detected by a research team from the Batu Maung Fisheries Research Institute, Penang, on June 11.