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Aplysia californica (Brown Sea Hare)
Scientific name: Aplysia californica

Taxonomy: Kingdom Animalia → Phylum Mollusca → Class Gastropoda → Subclass Heterobranchia → Infraclass Euthyneura → Subterclass Tectipleura → Order Aplysiida → Superfamily Aplysioidea → Family Aplysiidae → Genus Aplysia

Common name: Brown Sea Hare
Locations: Eastern Pacific
Group: Marine LifeInvertebratesSea Slugs

These large sea slugs (sometimes over a foot long) can be found on the sand in shallower water.

They lay large spaghetti-like egg masses on kelp or eel grass.

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Aplysia californica (Brown Sea Hare)
Aplysia californica (Brown Sea Hare)
Aplysia californica (Brown Sea Hare)
Aplysia californica (Brown Sea Hare)
Aplysia californica (Brown Sea Hare)
Aplysia californica (Brown Sea Hare)
Aplysia californica (Brown Sea Hare)
Laying eggs
Aplysia californica (Brown Sea Hare)
Aplysia californica (Brown Sea Hare)
Aplysia californica (Brown Sea Hare)
Aplysia californica (Brown Sea Hare)
Aplysia californica (Brown Sea Hare)
Slug orgy
Aplysia californica (Brown Sea Hare)
Aplysia californica (Brown Sea Hare)
Aplysia californica (Brown Sea Hare)
Aplysia californica (Brown Sea Hare)
Aplysia californica (Brown Sea Hare)
Aplysia californica (Brown Sea Hare)
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