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Pygmy Seahare

Aplysia parvula

158 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) caporali, 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.

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What the records say

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 Hawaii.January 2, February 2, March 2, April 1, May 1, June 1, July 2, August 1, September 1, October 2, November 2, December 2.
United States43
Hawaii20
Puerto Rico3
Colombia1
Magdalena1

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