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Atlantic Black Seahare

Aplysia morio

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) fatroosterfarm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

25 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Massachusetts.January 1, February 1, March 1, April 1, May 2, June 1, July 1, August 1, September 1, October 1, November 1, December 1.
United States221
Massachusetts10
Mexico9
Yucatan8
Rhode Island7
North Carolina5
South Carolina4
Alabama3
Connecticut1
Quintana Roo1

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

Remember the name next time.

Practise Atlantic Black Seahare with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.