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Family: Aplysiidae sea hares (See list of species below)

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39 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

Aplysia argus []	Aplysia brasiliana [Mottled seahare]	No picture found Aplysia californica [California seahare]
No picture found Aplysia cedrosensis [Cedros seahare]	No picture found Aplysia cervina []	No picture found Aplysia concava []
Aplysia dactylomela [Black spotted seahare]	Aplysia depilans []	No picture found Aplysia donca []
No picture found Aplysia extraordinaria [Extraordinary sea hare]	Aplysia fasciata []	No picture found Aplysia japonica []
No picture found Aplysia juliana [Juliana's seahare]	No picture found Aplysia keraudreni []	No picture found Aplysia kurodai [Kuroda's sea hare]
No picture found Aplysia morio [Sooty seahare]	Aplysia nigrocincta []	No picture found Aplysia oculifera [Ocellated sea hare]
Aplysia parvula [Little sea hare]	Aplysia punctata [Spotted sea hare]	No picture found Aplysia reticulata []
No picture found Aplysia reticulopoda [Net-foot seahare]	Aplysia sowerbyi [Sowerby's sea hare]	No picture found Aplysia sydneyensis []
No picture found Aplysia tarda []	No picture found Aplysia vaccaria [Black seahare]	No picture found Aplysia willcoxi []
Dolabella auricularia [Shoulderblade sea cat]	No picture found Dolabella auriculoria []	No picture found Dolabrifera holboelli []
No picture found Lomanotus phiops []	Notarchus indicus [Indian sea hare]	No picture found Petalifera ramose []
No picture found Phyllaplysia depressa []	Phyllaplysia edmundsi []	Phyllaplysia lafonti []
No picture found Phyllaplysia padinae [Padina seahare]	Syphonota geographica [Geographic sea hare]	No picture found Syphonota geopgraphica []

39 Species of Family Aplysiidae
(sea hares)

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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Aplysia argus		Indo-Pacific
Aplysia brasiliana	Mottled seahare	Western Atlantic	27 TL
Aplysia californica	California seahare	Pacific Ocean.	70 TL
Aplysia cedrosensis	Cedros seahare	Eastern Central Pacific	40 TL
Aplysia cervina		Western Atlantic.	10 TL
Aplysia concava		Western Pacific
Aplysia dactylomela	Black spotted seahare	Circumglobal in tropical	41 TL
Aplysia depilans		Mediterranean	40 TL
Aplysia donca		Western Atlantic
Aplysia extraordinaria	Extraordinary sea hare	Southwest Pacific.
Aplysia fasciata		Atlantic Ocean and the Me	40 TL
Aplysia japonica		Northwest Pacific
Aplysia juliana	Juliana's seahare	Circumglobal tropical and	30 TL
Aplysia keraudreni		Eastern Central Pacific
Aplysia kurodai	Kuroda's sea hare	Western Pacific. Tropica	34 TL
Aplysia morio	Sooty seahare	Western Atlantic.	40 DL
Aplysia nigrocincta		Indo-West Pacific
Aplysia oculifera	Ocellated sea hare	Indo-Pacific and Southeas	15 TL
Aplysia parvula	Little sea hare	Circumglobal tropical, te	19 TL
Aplysia punctata	Spotted sea hare	Northeast Atlantic, Medit	20 TL
Aplysia reticulata		Indo-West Pacific	11 TL
Aplysia reticulopoda	Net-foot seahare	Eastern Pacific.
Aplysia sowerbyi	Sowerby's sea hare	Indo-West Pacific
Aplysia sydneyensis		Indo-West Pacific	15 TL
Aplysia tarda		Western Atlantic.
Aplysia vaccaria	Black seahare	Eastern Pacific.	99 TL
Aplysia willcoxi		Western Central Atlantic
Dolabella auricularia	Shoulderblade sea cat	Indo-Pacific.	50 TL
Dolabella auriculoria		Western Central Pacific
Dolabrifera holboelli		Western Atlantic.
Lomanotus phiops		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL
Notarchus indicus	Indian sea hare	Indo-Pacific and the Medi	5 TL
Petalifera ramose		Western Central Pacific
Phyllaplysia depressa		Mediterranean Sea.
Phyllaplysia edmundsi		Western Central Pacific
Phyllaplysia lafonti		Central Pacific and the M
Phyllaplysia padinae	Padina seahare	Eastern Central Pacific.	4.5 TL
Syphonota geographica	Geographic sea hare	Western Central Pacific,	17 DL
Syphonota geopgraphica		Western Central Pacific

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