16 spotted sea hare
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Common Name: Spotted Sea Hare Life Strategy: hermaphroditic, can form chains of up to 12, acting as male and female simultaneously. very little investment in offspring beyond eggyolk Family: Aplysiidae Geography / Habitat: sea grass beds, tropical waters worldwide Food / Feed Strategy: eats red and green algae Species #: 116 Title: Saltwater/Marine InvertebratesTRANSCRIPT
Title: Saltwater/Marine Invertebrates Species #: 116
Common Name: Spotted Sea Hare
Scientific Name: Aplysia dactylomelaKingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda Order: Anaspidea
Family: Aplysiidae
Geography / Habitat: sea grass beds, tropical waters worldwide
Life Strategy: hermaphroditic, can form chains of up to 12, acting as male and female simultaneously. very little investment in offspring beyond eggyolk
Food / Feed Strategy: eats red and green algae
Body Form or Style: Nudibranch Swim / Locomotion Style: Foot Mouth Position: Inferior Citation: Overly, Anne. "Spotted Sea Hare, Aplysia Dactylomela." Octopus, Squid, Cuttlefish,
and Nautilus - The Cephalopod Page. Web. 12 Dec. 2011. <http://www.thecephalopodpage.org/MarineInvertebrateZoology/Aplysiadactylomela.html>