Aplysiidae
Stylocheilus striatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
Stylocheilus striatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
Stylocheilus striatus is a small, shell-less Indo-Pacific sea hare, part of a former pantropical species complex of three allopatric species.
Aplysia californica J.G.Cooper, 1863
Aplysia californica J.G.Cooper, 1863
Aplysia californica, the California sea hare, is a sea slug widely used in neuroscience research on learning and memory.
Aplysia juliana Quoy & Gaimard, 1832
Aplysia juliana Quoy & Gaimard, 1832
Aplysia juliana Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 is a circumtropical warm-sea sea hare that cannot produce purple ink.
Aplysia parvula Mörch, 1863
Aplysia parvula Mörch, 1863
Aplysia parvula, the dwarf sea hare, is a small herbivorous sea hare currently recognized as a northwest Atlantic tropical species.
Aplysia vaccaria Winkler, 1955
Aplysia vaccaria Winkler, 1955
Aplysia vaccaria, the black sea hare, is a large inkless sea hare found in the northeast Pacific off California and Baja California.
Aplysia dactylomela Rang, 1828
Aplysia dactylomela Rang, 1828
Aplysia dactylomela, the spotted sea hare, is a sea slug widely used in neurological research, now restricted to Atlantic warm waters.
Aplysia oculifera A.Adams & Reeve, 1850
Aplysia oculifera A.Adams & Reeve, 1850
Aplysia oculifera is a Indo-Pacific red sea endemic sea hare that prefers green algae, is a simultaneous hermaphrodite with distinct gamete nurse cells.
Aplysia punctata (Cuvier, 1803)
Aplysia punctata (Cuvier, 1803)
Aplysia punctata, the spotted sea hare, is a northeast Atlantic sea hare species that lives approximately one year.
Aplysia brasiliana Rang, 1828
Aplysia brasiliana Rang, 1828
Aplysia brasiliana is a distinctive sea hare species found in the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean off Brazil.
Aplysia fasciata Poiret, 1789
Aplysia fasciata Poiret, 1789
Aplysia fasciata, the mottled sea hare, is a large Atlantic sea slug with a distinctive internal shell.
Aplysia morio (A.E.Verrill, 1901)
Aplysia morio (A.E.Verrill, 1901)
Aplysia morio is a large dark species of sea hare found in the semi-tropical western Atlantic Ocean that feeds on algae.
Aplysia depilans Gmelin, 1791
Aplysia depilans Gmelin, 1791
Aplysia depilans is a sea hare found in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean that feeds on algae and phytoplankton.
Aplysia extraordinaria (J.K.Allan, 1932)
Aplysia extraordinaria (J.K.Allan, 1932)
Aplysia extraordinaria is a sea hare found off eastern Australia and northern New Zealand, with a thin 30 mm straw‑colored shell.
Aplysia sydneyensis G.B.Sowerby I, 1869
Aplysia sydneyensis G.B.Sowerby I, 1869
Aplysia sydneyensis is a marine shelled species endemic to Australia, with distinct shell form and coloration.
Aplysia kurodai Baba, 1937
Aplysia kurodai Baba, 1937
Aplysia kurodai is a gastropod with characteristic discoloring secretion, found in Japan and Southeastern Asia.
Aplysia argus Rüppell & Leuckart, 1830
Aplysia argus Rüppell & Leuckart, 1830
Aplysia argus is a small nocturnal sea hare native to the shallow rocky Indo-Pacific, once confused with a similar Atlantic species.
Aplysia reticulata Eales, 1960
Aplysia reticulata Eales, 1960
Aplysia reticulata Eales, 1960 is a marine species endemic to Australia, with recorded maximum dimensions of 44×25×29 mm.
Aplysia elongata (Pease, 1860)
Aplysia elongata (Pease, 1860)
Aplysia elongata is a 5 cm sea hare species found off Hawaii, with brown coloration speckled with white.
Aplysia nigrocincta E.von Martens, 1880
Aplysia nigrocincta E.von Martens, 1880
Aplysia nigrocincta is a sea hare species found off Mauritius, described from a 17 mm long preserved specimen.
Aplysia concava G.B.Sowerby I, 1833
Aplysia concava G.B.Sowerby I, 1833
Aplysia concava is a 75 mm maximum-length sea hare found off New Zealand and in the Australian Tasman Sea.
Dolabella auricularia (Lightfoot), 1786
Dolabella auricularia (Lightfoot), 1786
Dolabella auricularia is a large sea hare species eaten as food and the source of an anti-cancer compound.
Dolabrifera dolabrifera (Rang, 1828)
Dolabrifera dolabrifera (Rang, 1828)
Dolabrifera dolabrifera, the warty seacat, is a small flat sea hare found in shallow warm tropical and subtropical intertidal waters.
Dolabrifera brazieri G.B.Sowerby II, 1870
Dolabrifera brazieri G.B.Sowerby II, 1870
Dolabrifera brazieri is a South Pacific native sea hare species in the family Aplysiidae.
Phyllaplysia taylori Dall, 1900
Phyllaplysia taylori Dall, 1900
Phyllaplysia taylori is a eelgrass-associated sea hare from the North American Pacific Coast that helps eelgrass grow by eating epiphytes.
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