A Guide to the Seashells and other Marine Molluscs of Tasmania, by Simon Grove 

Last build: Sat Sep 04 08:05:14 Tasmania Standard Time 2010

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Alphabetical list of species epithets, including synonyms           Alphabetical list of species by common name      Alphabetical list of species by common name (group-name first)     

Step up two levels to family (-subfamily) Aplysiidae - Aplysiinae       Step up a level to genus Aplysia Linnaeus, 1767

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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.

Taxonomic validity:  acceptable.



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Habitat and distribution
Presence in Tasmanian waters: confirmed.       Introduced?: no.       Extinct?: no.       Occurrence on Tasmanian beaches?: rare.       Substrate: among macroalgae.      Depth-range: in the shallow subtidal.      Tasmanian distribution: insufficiently documented - view locality listing (if available)      Australian range: QLD, NSW, TAS, VIC, SA, WA and NT      Global range: Australia; occurs circum-globally in tropical and temperate seas

Description and identification
Shell-bearing? yes.       Typical adult shell-length: 200 mm.

Compare with:

Aplysia dactylomela

Aplysia parvula

Aplysia sydneyensis