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Aplysiidae – Aplysiinae: Aplysia (Aplysia) juliana Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 (‘Julian sea-hare’)
Synonym(s): juliana Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 rangiana d’Orbigny, 1837 bipes Pease, 1860 sandvichensis Sowerby, 1869 capensis O’Donoghue, 1929 badistes Pilsbry, 1951.
Typical body-length 200 mm. Lives subtidally amongst seaweed and seagrass. Native. Occurs all around Australia (QLD, NSW, TAS, VIC, SA, WA and NT); also elsewhere in tropical and temperate seas of both hemispheres.
Classification
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Anaspidea
Superfamily: Aplysioidea
Family: Aplysiidae
Subfamily: Aplysiinae
Genus: Aplysia
Localities for Aplysia juliana
King Island: Grassy Harbour
King Island: Naracoopa: foreshore
Maria Island: Bloodstone Beach
Maria Island: Fossil Cliffs
Mayfield Beach to Mayfield Point
North Bruny Island: Cape Queen Elizabeth
Pirates Bay: Fossil Island
South Bruny Island: Adventure Bay: Grass Point
South Bruny Island: Cloudy Bay Lagoon
Taroona: Hinsby Beach
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