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| Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > sea slugs > Order Anaspidea |
| Extraordinary
sea hare Aplysia extraordinaria Family Aplysiidae updated Aug 10 Where seen? This rather flamboyant sea hare is sometimes seen on our Southern shores, among seagrasses near reefs. Elsewhere, it is considered common. Features: 8-10cm, elsewhere it can grow to 40cm long! Body oval, smooth, brownish with small white spots. The inner surface of the 'wings' (called parapodia) has a pattern of irregular white blotchy bars. Very large flappy oral tentacle and large rhinophores. |
 Kusu Island, Apr 05 |
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 Large, flappy tentacles. |
 Cyrene Reef, Apr 10 |
 A mating pair with one nestled between the parapodia of another! |
Extraordinary sea hares on Singapore shores
 Kusu Island, Mar 06 |
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 Tanah Merah, Aug 09 |
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 Cyrene Reef, May 09 |
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Western Australian Museum. 184 pp.
. IKAN-Unterwasserachiv. 723pp.|
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