Superfamily Aplysioidea Higher classification Aplysia | Scientific name Aplysia brasiliana Rank Species | |
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Similar Aplysia, Aplysia punctata, Molluscs, Aplysiidae, Aplysia depilans | ||
Aplysia fasciata, common name the "mottled sea hare", or the "sooty sea hare", is an Atlantic species of sea hare or sea slug, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Aplysiidae.
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Aplysia fasciata
Distribution
This sea hare occurs in the Western Atlantic from New Jersey to Brazil, and in the Eastern Atlantic including the Mediterranean and the West African coast. It is a rare visitor to the seas off the southern British Isles (the related A. punctata is regular along most British coasts, as well as the northeast Atlantic).
Some consider the species Aplysia brasiliana, found in the Atlantic coast of the Americas, to be a synonym of Aplysia fasciata with just a different regional colour pattern.
Description
The length is up to 40 cm. The color is often black or dark brown with an orange or red line.
