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Taxonomy
Family:
APLYSIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Aplysiida (Order)
> Aplysioidea (Superfamily)
> Aplysiidae (Family)
> Aplysia (Genus)
> extraordinaria (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Aplysia (Aplysia) Linnaeus, 1767 accepted, alternate representation
=Aplysia (Metaplysia) Pilsbry, 1951
=Aplysia (Neaplysia) J.G. Cooper, 1863 accepted, alternate representation
=Aplysia (Pruvotaplysia) Engel, 1936 accepted, alternate representation
=Aplysia (Subaplysia) M. Medina, T. Collins & Walsh, 2005
=Aplysia (Tullia) Pruvot-Fol, 1933 accepted, alternate representation
=Aplysia (Varria) Eales, 1960 accepted, alternate representation
=Aplysiopsis Bergh, 1898
=Laplysia Linnaeus, 1767
=Phyllobranchopsis Eliot, 1905
=Pruvotaplysia Engel, 1936
=Tullia Pruvot-Fol, 1933
=Varria Eales, 1960
Synonymised Names:
=Aplysia (Varria) extraordinaria (Allan, 1932) accepted, alternate representation
=Aplysia cronullae Eales, 1960
=Aplysia denisoni E.A. Smith, 1884
=Tethys extraordinaria Allan, 1932
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Taxonomy
Family:
APLYSIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Aplysiida (Order)
> Aplysioidea (Superfamily)
> Aplysiidae (Family)
> Aplysia (Genus)
> extraordinaria (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Aplysia (Aplysia) Linnaeus, 1767 accepted, alternate representation
=Aplysia (Metaplysia) Pilsbry, 1951
=Aplysia (Neaplysia) J.G. Cooper, 1863 accepted, alternate representation
=Aplysia (Pruvotaplysia) Engel, 1936 accepted, alternate representation
=Aplysia (Subaplysia) M. Medina, T. Collins & Walsh, 2005
=Aplysia (Tullia) Pruvot-Fol, 1933 accepted, alternate representation
=Aplysia (Varria) Eales, 1960 accepted, alternate representation
=Aplysiopsis Bergh, 1898
=Laplysia Linnaeus, 1767
=Phyllobranchopsis Eliot, 1905
=Pruvotaplysia Engel, 1936
=Tullia Pruvot-Fol, 1933
=Varria Eales, 1960
Synonymised Names:
=Aplysia (Varria) extraordinaria (Allan, 1932) accepted, alternate representation
=Aplysia cronullae Eales, 1960
=Aplysia denisoni E.A. Smith, 1884
=Tethys extraordinaria Allan, 1932
Details: Aplysia extraordinaria (Allan, 1932)
Size/Grows to:
Animal 400mm
Distribution:
Eastern Australia. Kermadec Islands, North east North Island to Leigh and Great Barrier Island, from 15m
Notes:
Sea Hare, Marine, Native - Non-endemic, An active swimmer, vigorously flapping its large parapodia and flexing its body up and down
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.231)
  • Willan, R.C., Morton, J.E. 1984 Opisthobranchia, Marine Molluscs, University of Auckland, Leigh Marine Laboratory, 2 (p.1)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil