Phyllaplysia
Phyllaplysia | |
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A live individual of Phyllaplysia taylori, head end towards the right | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Clade: | Euopisthobranchia |
Clade: | Anaspidea |
Superfamily: | Aplysioidea |
Family: | Aplysiidae |
Genus: | Phyllaplysia Fischer, 1872 |
Species | |
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Phyllaplysia is a genus of sea slugs, specifically sea hares, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Aplysiidae, the sea hares.
Some authors place this genus in a separate family, .[citation needed]
Species[]
Species within the genus Phyllaplysia include:
- Marcus, 1955
- Distribution : tropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean.
- Length : 5 mm
- Williams & Gosliner, 1973
- Distribution : in bays and estuaries of the Gulf of California.
- Length : 45 mm
- Color : greenish with white spots
- K.B. Clark, 1977 or Emerald Leaf Slug
- Phyllaplysia taylori Dall, 1900 Taylor's sea hare or eelgrass sea hare
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Categories:
- Aplysiidae
- Heterobranchia stubs