Aplysia extraordinaria | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Clade: | Euopisthobranchia |
Clade: | Anaspidea |
Superfamily: | Aplysioidea |
Family: | Aplysiidae |
Genus: | Aplysia |
Species: | A. extraordinaria
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Binomial name | |
Aplysia extraordinaria (Allan, 1932)
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Aplysia extraordinaria, common name the "extraordinary sea hare", is a very large species of sea slug, more specifically a sea hare, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Aplysiidae, the sea hares.[1] Its distribution includes the coast off of eastern Australia, northern New Zealand, and possibly a wider range.[2]
It is most likely the same species as Aplysia gigantea which is found off of the western coast of Australia, but this has yet to be confirmed.[2]