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Ragged Seahare

Bursatella leachii

Classification

Bursatella leachii, whose common name is the ragged sea hare or shaggy sea hare, is a species of large sea slug: a marine gastropod mollusk in the sea hare family Aplysiidae. It has an almost pantropical distribution, from the Mediterranean to the Caribbean, but excluding the central and eastern Pacific Ocean. Its long planktonic larval period and short life cycle make able to colonise new areas and increase dramatically in number if food supplies are favourable.

Distribution

Mariottini P, Smriglio C, Oliverio M, Rossi S, Di Giulio A · CC BY
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Spain · 80Italy · 5France · 4