California sea hare
| California sea hare | |
|---|---|
| Releasing ink after being disturbed | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Clade: | Euopisthobranchia |
| Clade: | Anaspidea |
| Superfamily: | Aplysioidea |
| Family: | Aplysiidae |
| Genus: | Aplysia |
| Species: | A. californica |
| Binomial name | |
| Aplysia californica (James Graham Cooper, 1863) | |
| Occurrence is sparse in the northern portion of this range | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Aplysia nettiae Winkler, 1959 | |
The California sea hare (Aplysia californica) is a species of sea slug in the sea hare family, Aplysiidae. It is found in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of California in the United States and northwestern Mexico.
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