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Weedy Seahare

Bursatella ocelligera

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 Australia.January 0, February 0, March 0, April 0, May 0, June 0, July 0, August 0, September 1, October 0, November 0, December 0.
Australia1
Queensland1

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
GenusBursatella

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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