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Aplysia
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Aplysia

Aplysia (/əˈplɪʒ(i)ə/) is a genus of medium-sized to extremely large sea slugs, specifically sea hares, which are one clade of large sea slugs, marine gastropod mollusks.

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46 branches of this genus, most-observed first

California Seahare

speciesAplysia californica

White-speckled Seahare

speciesAplysia argus

Black Seahare

speciesAplysia vaccaria

spotted seahare

speciesAplysia dactylomela

Spotted Seahare

speciesAplysia punctata

Sooty Seahare

speciesAplysia fasciata

Walking Seahare

speciesAplysia juliana

Mottled Seahare

speciesAplysia brasiliana

Aplysia concava

speciesAplysia concava

Depilatory Seahare

speciesAplysia depilans

Sydney Seahare

speciesAplysia sydneyensis

Eyed Seahare

speciesAplysia oculifera

Reticulated sea hare

speciesAplysia reticulata

Aplysia nigrocincta

speciesAplysia nigrocincta

Giant Seahare

speciesAplysia extraordinaria

Aplysia kurodai

speciesAplysia kurodai

Atlantic Black Seahare

speciesAplysia morio

Pygmy Seahare

speciesAplysia parvula

Aplysia elongata

speciesAplysia elongata

Aplysia gigantea

speciesAplysia gigantea

Aplysia japonica

speciesAplysia japonica

Aplysia keraudrenii

speciesAplysia keraudrenii

Sowerby's Seahare

speciesAplysia sowerbyi

Aplysia hooveri

speciesAplysia hooveri

Aplysia lessonii

speciesAplysia lessonii

Rudman's sea hare

speciesAplysia rudmani

Aplysia ghanimii

speciesAplysia ghanimii

Aplysia cervina

speciesAplysia cervina

Aplysia nigra

speciesAplysia nigra

Aplysia cedrosensis

speciesAplysia cedrosensis

Aplysia gilchristi

speciesAplysia gilchristi

Aplysia juanina

speciesAplysia juanina

Aplysia atromarginata

speciesAplysia atromarginata

Aplysia sagamiana

speciesAplysia sagamiana

Aplysia reticulopoda

speciesAplysia reticulopoda

Aplysia tanzanensis

speciesAplysia tanzanensis

Aplysia vistosa

speciesAplysia vistosa

Aplysia dura

speciesAplysia dura

Aplysia rehderi

speciesAplysia rehderi

Aplysia parva

speciesAplysia parva

Aplysia pilsbryi

speciesAplysia pilsbryi

Aplysia perviridis

speciesAplysia perviridis

Aplysia robertsi

speciesAplysia robertsi

Aplysia cornigera

speciesAplysia cornigera

Aplysia maculata

speciesAplysia maculata

Aplysia pulmonica

speciesAplysia pulmonica

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Recorded sightings

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48657.