Name
Aplysia
liebre de mar, vinagrera
Framing
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Infraclass: Opistobranchia
Genus: Aplysia
Habitat
Marine. Benthic usually linked to vegetation
Feeding
Phytophagous (algae)
Distribution
Mediterranean and East Atlantic
Conservation status
Not evaluated
Additional information
Large, dark-blackish sea slugs with well-developed parapods and inner shell practically reduced to a transparent sheet.
Bibliography
Sánchez Tocino, L., Ocaña, A y García-García, F., 2000. Contribución al conocimiento de los moluscos opistobranquios de la costa de Granada. (sureste de la Península Ibérica). Iberus, 18(1):1-14.
- Golestani, H.; Crocetta, F.; Padula, V.; Camacho-García, Y.; Langeneck, J.; Poursanidis, D; Pola, M.; Baki Yokes, M.; Cervera, J.L.; Jung, D.; Gosliner, T.M.; Araya, J.F.; Hooker, Y.; Schrödl, M.& Valdés, A. 2019. The little Aplysia coming of age: from one species to a complex of species complexes in Aplysia parvula(Mollusca: Gastropoda: Heterobranchia). Zoological Journal.
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