Aplysia sagamiana
Baba, 1949

Order: ANASPIDEA
Superfamily: APLYSIOIDEA
Family: Aplysiidae

DISTRIBUTION

Japan, eastern Australia.

PHOTO

Fly Point, Port Stephens, New South Wales, 10-15m, 50mm long, October 1980. PHOTO: Bill Rudman.

This beautiful little species was originally reported from Sagami Bay, Japan. This specimen from Eastern Australia is almost identical to the illustration published in Baba's Opisthobranchs of Sagami Bay. It is apparently quite uncommon as this is the only record I know of this animal from Australia.

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Reference:
• Baba, K. (1949) Opisthobranchia of Sagami Bay. Iwanami Shoten, Tokyo. 211pp + pls.

Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 1999 (May 3) Aplysia sagamiana Baba, 1949. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/aplysaga

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