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Marine Species: Aplysia morio
(A. E. Verrill, 1901)
Taxonomy Structure
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Anaspidea |
| Family: | Aplysiidae |
| Genus: | Aplysia |
| Species: | Aplysia morio |
Species Data:
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| Common Name: | Atlantic Black Seahare |
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| Description: | Muscular mantle wide with prominent tabs on the back of the body, which are used as a swimming organ of this body. If disturbed it releases a dark purple ink, which they use to prevent predators from using its vision as a way of pursuing them, while they are swiming to a safety place. Deposition of eggs rose in linear sets in a shape of a rope. |
| Habitat: | Lives in bottoms with abundant algal growth, at depths between 3 and 25 meters. |
| Color: | Body reddish brown to almost black, occasionally with some spots and stripes. |
| Dimensions: | It can be up to 36 cm long, however, it usually has between 10 and 25cm. |
| Geographical Distribution: | Western Central Atlantic |
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