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Aplysia parvula

Guilding in Morch, 1863

Little sea-hare

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Latin name :	Aplysia parvula (Guilding in Morch, 1863)
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Classification :	Anaspidea ( Sea hares )

Name :	Petit li?vre de mer
Name :	Little sea-hare

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Main identification characters

Probably the smallest species of Aplysia, reaching a maximium length of about 6cm. Usually a mottled brown or green body, but sometimes a more uniform colour, it usually has a dark border to the parapodia, and the large mantle foramen. The tips of tentacles are usually darker than the background colour.

Possible confusions

There is a similarly sized and shaped species which is black with pale borders (Aplysia cf. parvula, Guilding in Morch, 1863).

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