Aplysiidae – Aplysiinae: Aplysia (Pruvotaplysia) parvula Mörch, 1863 (‘small sea-hare’)
Synonym(s): parvula Guilding in Mörch, 1863 concava Sowerby, 1869 norfolkensis Sowerby, 1869 australiana Clessin, 1899.
Typical body-length 50 mm. Lives subtidally and offshore 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 parvula
Albatross Island
Bangor: Lagoon Bay
Bicheno
Bicheno: Redbill Beach
Eaglehawk Neck: eastern side
East Wynyard: beach
Flinders Island: Northeast River: mouth
Greens Beach: main beach
Hawley Beach: foreshore towards Point Sorell
King Island: Currie Harbour
King Island: Ettrick Beach
King Island: Grassy Harbour
King Island: Naracoopa: foreshore
King Island (unlocalised)
Lauderdale: Roches Beach
Lauderdale: Seven Mile Beach
Leven River: mouth
Marrawah: Green Point
Narawntapu: Penguin Island: mainland foreshore opposite island
Port Sorell (unlocalised)
Seymour Beach: northern end
South coast of Tasmania (unlocalised)
Stanley: Tatlows Beach
Tamar River: Brickmakers Point
Taroona: Alum Cliffs
Taroona Beach
Taroona: Dixons Beach
Tasmania (unlocalised)