Species List for Family: Aplysiidae
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Euthyneura (Infraclass) > Tectipleura (Subterclass) > Aplysiida (Order) > Aplysioidea (Superfamily) > Aplysiidae (Family)
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Aplysia argus Rüppell & Leuckart, 1830
=Aplysia dactylomela of authors not Rang
Height 40mm, Length 400mm (animal), Marine
Northland. Worldwide in warm seas KA- Aplysia extraordinaria (Allan, 1932)
=Aplysia (Varria) extraordinaria (Allan, 1932) accepted, alternate representation, =Aplysia cronullae Eales, 1960, =Aplysia denisoni E.A. Smith, 1884, =Tethys extraordinaria Allan, 1932
Length 400mm (animal), Sea Hare, Marine, An active swimmer, vigorously flapping its large parapodia and flexing its body up and down
Kermadec Islands. Several specimens seen subtidally down to 30 metres in sand and fine gravel. Great Barrier Island below low tide KA 
Aplysia juliana (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
=Aplysia brunnea Hutton, 1875
Length 300mm (animal), Marine
North, South and Stewart Island. Intertidal and shallow subtidal. Also widespread in Pacific Ocean ACF
Aplysia keraudreni Rang, 1828
Height 70mm, Width 52mm, Length 250mm (animal), Marine
North and South Islands. Also Society Islands ACF
Aplysia parvula Mörch, 1863
=Aplysia (Pruvotaplysia) parvula Mörch, 1863 accepted, alternate representation, =Aplysia australiana Clessin, 1899, =Aplysia spuria Krauss, 1848
Height 29mm, Width 17mm, Length 75mm (animal), Marine
North and South Island. Worldwide tropical KACF
Dolabrifera brazieri G.B. Sowerby II, 1870
Height 16mm, Width 7mm, Length 100mm (animal), Marine
Northland east coast. Also New South Wales, Australia and Kermadec Islands KA
Bursatella leachii Blainville, 1817
=Aclesia glauca Cheeseman, 1878, =Aplysia bursatella Rang, 1834
Length 120mm (animal), Ragged Sea Hare, Marine, No internal shell
North Island A- Stylocheilus longicauda (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
Length 75mm (animal), Marine, Shell absent. Slimmer body and longer tail than Bursatella leachii
Northland, low intertidal. Also New South Wales, Australia and Lord Howe Island, intertidal to subtidal down to at least 27 metres A 
Stylocheilus striatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
Marine
Circum-tropical (Indo-West Pacific and Atlantic) A
Key to Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species.
They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil