Gastropoda |
Aplysiida |
Aplysiidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic. Tropical
Indo-Pacific and Southeast Atlantic.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 15.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 844); max. reported age: 1.00 years (Ref. 126605)
Assumed maximum length from Ref. 844. Sea hares have annual life cycles (Ref. 126605). Found subtidally on rocky reefs (Ref. 844), and in shallow estuaries and embayments. A herbivore that is commonly nocturnal (Ref. 866).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the order Anaspidea are mostly simultaneous hermaphrodites.
Debelius, H. 2001. (Ref. 844)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Tools
More information
Age/SizeGrowthLength-weightLength-lengthMorphologyLarvaeAbundance
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 19.4 - 26.9, mean 24.6 (based on 669 cells).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.