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Black Seahare
Aplysia vaccaria
Walking Seahare
Aplysia juliana
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- Found in
- 17 regions
How to recognise it
- Colours
- brownbluepurple
- Family
- Aplysiidae
Aplysia juliana, the walking sea hare, is a species of sea hare, a marine gastropod in the family Aplysiidae.
Description
This sea hare has no purple gland and therefore cannot produce ink, just milky secretions. The posterior end of the foot in this species can act as a sucker.
The color of this sea hare is very often brown with paler spots, but it can be various other shades including plain black all over.
The maximum recorded length is 300 mm.
Distribution
Distribution of this species is cosmopolitan, circumtropical in all warm seas.
A. juliana inhabits tidal pools and seagrass beds, to a depth of 20 metres.
Similar species
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Blunt-end Sea Hare
Dolabella auricularia
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California Seahare
Aplysia californica
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Eyed Seahare
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Geographic Seahare
Syphonota geographica
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Lined Seahare
Stylocheilus striatus
Questions
Is Walking Seahare dangerous?
Walking Seahare has no known danger to humans. However, always observe marine life responsibly.
