Phyllaplysia padinae Sea Hare

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Phyllaplysia padinae,Bahia de Banderas

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Phyllaplysia padinae, Puerto Vallarta 2009, Copyright Dr. Alicia Hermosillo

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lexID:: 7890
AphiaID:: 568033

Scientific:: Phyllaplysia padinae
German:: Seehase
English:: Sea Hare

Category:: Sea Hares
Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Aplysiida (Order) > Aplysiidae (Family) > Phyllaplysia (Genus) > padinae (Species)
Initial determination:: G. C. Williams & Gosliner, 1973

Occurrence:: Eastern Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, Gulf of Mexico
Size:: up to 1.77" (4.5 cm)
Temperature:: 68 °F - 77 °F (20°C - 25°C)
Food:: Algae, Food specialist
Difficulty:: Not suitable for home aquaria!

CITES:: Not evaluated

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Phyllaplysia edmundsi
Phyllaplysia engeli
Phyllaplysia incerta
Phyllaplysia inornata
Phyllaplysia lafonti
Seehase
Phyllaplysia padinae
Seehase
Phyllaplysia plana
Phyllaplysia smaragda
Phyllaplysia taylori
Seehase
Phyllaplysia varicolor
Phyllaplysia viridis

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2015-01-18 14:10:15
Last edit:: 2015-01-18 14:10:15

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Phyllaplysia padinae Williams & Gosliner, 1973

Phyllaplysia padinae is olive-green to brownish green with random white spots.Some individuals are scattered brown spot,somespecies have a few variably shaped papillae,some with multiple tips.

The name "padinae" refers to the brown algae Padina durvillae on which Phyllaplysia padinae lives and on that it feeds.

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Opisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Anaspidea (Order) > Aplysioidea (Superfamily) > Aplysiidae (Family) > Phyllaplysia (Genus) > Phyllaplysia padinae (Species)

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