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
Locations: Eastern Pacific
Group: Marine Life → Invertebrates → Sea 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.
