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Aplysia vaccaria   Winkler, 1955

Black seahare
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United States (contiguous states) country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Monterey Bay (Ref. 822) and from western United States to Mexico (Ref. 1667).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Turgeon, D.D., J.F. Quinn Jr., A.E. Bogan, E.V. Coan, F.G. Hochberg, W.G. Lyons, P.M. Mikkelsen, R.J. Neves, C.F.E. Roper, G. Rosenberg, B. Roth, A. Scheltema, F.G. Thompson, M. Vecchione and J.D. Willams, 1998
National Database:

Common names from other countries

California black seahare, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

Gastropoda > Aplysiida () > Aplysiidae (sea hares)

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic.   Subtropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Eastern Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 99.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 822); max. published weight: 15.9 kg (Ref. 126605); max. reported age: 1.00 years (Ref. 126605)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Assumed maximum length from Ref. 822. Sea hares have annual life cycles (Ref. 126605). Found in kelp beds. Feeds on brown alga Egregia sp (Ref. 822).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the order Anaspidea are mostly simultaneous hermaphrodites.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Behrens, D.W. and A. Hermosillo. 2005. (Ref. 822)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses


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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): High vulnerability (60 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.