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Spotted Sea Hare

Aplysia dactylomela

Classification

Aplysia dactylomela, the spotted sea hare, is a species of large sea slug, a marine opisthobranch gastropod in the family Aplysiidae, the sea hares. Distribution and taxonomy As traditionally defined, this species of sea hare was cosmopolitan, being found in almost all tropical and warm temperate seas, including the Mediterranean Sea where first seen in 2002 and likely self-established due to increasing temperatures. Based on genetic evidence, the population from the Indo-Pacific region is now recognized as a separate species, A.

Distribution

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Spain · 498Italy · 16France · 8