Seagrass
sea hare
Phyllaplysia sp.*
Family Aplysiidae
updated
Dec 10
Where
seen?
This tiny slug is sometimes seen in numbers on Tape
seagrass (Enhalus acoroides).
Features: 1cm or less. Long
narrow, flat translucent body with fine white lines. With two
pairs of tentacles. It seems to graze on algae and/or other
encrusting organisms growing on the seagrass blades as the area
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Pulau Hantu, Nov 09
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Pulau Hantu, Nov 09
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Seagrass
sea hares on Singapore shores

Pulau Hantu, Nov 09
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*Species are difficult to positively identify without close examination.
On this website, they are grouped by external features for convenience of
display.
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