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Spotted Seahare

Aplysia punctata

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 155, February 114, March 179, April 281, May 406, June 442, July 473, August 407, September 299, October 223, November 122, December 95.
United States3,198
Alaska3,197
United Kingdom426
England342
France167
Occitanie123
Spain56
Norway46
Viken42
Scotland41

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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