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Sooty Seahare

Aplysia fasciata

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Portugal.January 11, February 10, March 11, April 17, May 18, June 21, July 46, August 53, September 17, October 18, November 7, December 5.
Portugal234
France96
Occitanie80
FARO79
Spain74
United States60
SETÚBAL48
Cataluña/Catalunya32
LISBOA31
Greece30

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • Shell-bearingProtected by a hard shellFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumMolluscs · Mollusca
ClassGastropods · Gastropoda
OrderSea Hares and Akera Snails · Aplysiida
FamilySeahares · Aplysiidae
GenusAplysia

Sources

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