Please identify this Sea Hare
February 2, 2006
From: Eileen Baker
Dear Bill
We believe these sea hares are Aplysia parvula, could you please confirm this identification. There were about 5 in a pool about 4m squared. We are also very impressed with your website - it was a joy to find it!
Locality: Ann Bay/Green Point, NW Tasmania, Australia. Southern Ocean. Depth: 30 cm. Tasmania, Length: 80-100 mm. 30 December 2005. Intertidal sandy pool. Photographer: Eileen Baker
Thanks,
Eileen
bakersla@bigpond.net.au
Eileen, E.S., 2006 (Feb 2) Please identify this Sea Hare. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/15720Dear Eileen,
Yes these are Aplysia parvula. They usually have a darker brown line around the edge of the parapodia, and a large foramen [see Sea Hare mantle] which is also lined with dark brown.
As your photo shows, this little sea hare is often difficult to see in mixed coralline algal turf.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
Related messages
-
Aplysia parvula from sthn Queensland
From: Gary Cobb, August 20, 2009 -
Nudibranch? from Bay of Islands, New Zealand
From: Junya Kato, April 3, 2008 -
Aplysia parvula from the Madeira Islands
From: Magno Freitas, February 4, 2008 -
Aplysia parvula in Reunion Island
From: Philibert Bidgrain, February 1, 2007 -
Sea Hare from Indonesia
From: Linda Ianniello, November 23, 2006 -
Hawaiian Aplysia?
From: Sean Kearney, July 20, 2006 -
Aplysia parvula from sthn Queensland
From: Bruce Wilkie, February 10, 2006 -
Re: Aplysia parvula - color forms?
From: Asther M. Lau, January 24, 2006 -
Re: More on Aplysia parvula color forms
From: Asther M. Lau, January 24, 2006 -
Aplysia parvula from eastern Russia
From: Alexei Chernyshev , January 12, 2006 -
Aplysia parvula from Halmahera, Indonesia
From: Richard Harlan, June 9, 2005 -
Aplysia parvula laying eggs
From: Dong Bum Koh, May 26, 2005 -
Re: Aplysia parvula - eaten by Nemertine worm
From: Jon Norenburg, May 3, 2005 -
Aplysia parvula - eaten by Nemertine worm [1]
From: Dong Bum Koh, April 29, 2005 -
Aplysia parvula - eaten by Nemertine worm [2]
From: Dong Bum Koh, April 29, 2005 -
Aplysia parvula from Fethiye Bay, Turkey
From: Ant Turkmen, July 15, 2004 -
Aplysia parvula from South Australia
From: Carol van der Pennen, January 15, 2004 -
Colour variation in Aplysia parvula
From: Marina Poddubetskaia, December 16, 2003 -
Food of Aplysia parvula in Mayotte
From: Marina Poddubetskaia, December 16, 2003 -
Re: Other Aplysia parvula from Senegal
From: Marina Poddubetskaia, July 17, 2003 -
Re: Aplysia parvula from Outer Hebrides
From: Jun Imamoto, July 11, 2003 -
Other Aplysia parvula from Senegal
From: Marina Poddubetskaia, July 8, 2003 -
Aplysia parvula from Senegal
From: Marina & Patrice, April 29, 2003 -
Aplysia parvula from Outer Hebrides, Scotland
From: Bill Rudman, April 29, 2003 -
Aplysia parvula from California
From: Bruce Wight, July 29, 2002 -
Mediterranean Aplysia parvula - dwarf male?
From: Marina Poddubetskaia, July 18, 2002 -
More on Aplysia parvula color forms
From: Cory Pittman, July 16, 2002 -
Aplysia parvula - color forms?
From: Scott Johnson, July 9, 2002 -
Aplysia parvula from Korea
From: Dong Bum,Koh, June 28, 2002 -
Aplysia parvula from the Bahamas
From: Anne DuPont, June 8, 2002 -
Re: Aplysia parvula from Bahia de Banderas
From: Alicia Hermosillo, May 9, 2002 -
Aplysia parvula from Bahia de Banderas
From: Alicia Hermosillo, May 6, 2002 -
Aplysia parvula from Sth Africa
From: Valda Fraser, August 9, 2001 -
Re: Juvenile Sea Hare
From: Juan Lucas Cervera, May 18, 2001 -
Juvenile Sea Hare
From: A. Fahrner & M. Schrödl, May 14, 2001 -
Aplysia parvula from Sulawesi
From: Lindsay Warren, August 5, 2000 -
Aplysia punctata or A. parvula?
From: Erwin Koehler, October 18, 1999