Superfamily Aplysioidea Higher classification Aplysia | Scientific name Aplysia juliana Rank Species | |
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Similar Aplysia, Aplysiomorpha, Molluscs, Aplysiidae, Gastropods | ||
Aplysia juliana, common name the walking sea hare, is a species of sea slug, more specifically a sea hare, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Aplysiidae, the sea hares.
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Distribution
Distribution of this species is cosmopolitan, circumtropical in all warm seas.
Description
This sea hare has no purple gland and therefore cannot produce ink, just milky secretions. The posterior end of the foot in this species can act as a sucker.
The color of this sea hare is very often brown with paler spots, but it can be various other shades including plain black all over.
The maximum recorded length is 300 mm.
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 0 m. Maximum recorded depth is 0 m.
References
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