Aplysia juliana

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Aplysia juliana
Aplysia juliana, Osezaki.jpg
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Euopisthobranchia
Clade: Anaspidea
Superfamily: Aplysioidea
Family: Aplysiidae
Genus: Aplysia
Species:
A. juliana
Binomial name
Aplysia juliana
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
Synonyms
  • Aplysia brunnea Hutton, 1874 [1]
  • Tethys capensisO'Donoghue, 1929

Aplysia juliana, the walking sea hare, is a species of sea hare, a marine gastropod in the family Aplysiidae. [2]

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Distribution

Distribution of this species is cosmopolitan, circumtropical in all warm seas. [3]

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. [4]

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. [5]

The maximum recorded length is 300 mm. [6]

A. juliana inhabits tidal pools and seagrass beds, to a depth of 20 metres. [7]

Aplysia juliana in rock pool in North Avoca, NSW, Australia Aplysia-juliana-north-avoca-australia.jpg
Aplysia juliana in rock pool in North Avoca, NSW, Australia

References

  1. Hutton F. W. 1874 Description of two new Species of Aplysia. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, volume 7, page 279.
  2. Gofas, S. (2010). Aplysia juliana Quoy & Gaimard, 1832. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138756 on 2011-02-26
  3. "Aplysia juliana (Quay and Gaimard, 1832) | SURG - Solitary Island Underwater Research Group". www.surg.org.au. Retrieved 2020-11-06.
  4. jurisdiction=New South Wales; corporateName=Australian Museum; author=Rudman, W. B. (2010-07-15). "The Sea Slug Forum - Aplysia juliana". www.seaslugforum.net. Retrieved 2020-10-23.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. jurisdiction=New South Wales; corporateName=Australian Museum; author=Rudman, W. B. (2010-07-15). "The Sea Slug Forum - Aplysia juliana". www.seaslugforum.net. Retrieved 2020-10-23.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi : 10.1371/journal.pone.0008776 .
  7. "Aplysia juliana (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832), Sea Hare". Museums Victoria Collections. Retrieved 2020-10-23.

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