Rhodope is a genus of small meiofaunal sea slugs, shell-less vermiform gastropod mollusks in the family Rhodopidae. Their worm-like body structure differs considerably from typical gastropods, to the point of being mistaken for flatworms in the past.
Feeding habits Rhodopids are the only known predators of placozoans, which make up the primary component of their diet. Some species of Rhodope, such as Rhodope placozophagus, can subsist entirely on a diet of placozoans, and are apparently immune to their toxins.
Species Species in the genus Rhodope include: Rhodope crucispiculata Salvini-Plawen, 1991 Rhodope marcusi Salvini-Plawen, 1991 Rhodope placozophagus Cuervo-González, 2017 Rhodope roskoi Haszprunar & Hess, 2005 Rhodope rousei Brenzinger, N. G. Wilson & Schrödl, 2011 Rhodope salviniplaweni Fernández-Simón & Moles, 2025 Rhodope transtrosa Salvini-Plawen, 1991 Rhodope veranii Koelliker, 1847
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