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Aplysia vaccaria, also known as the black sea hare and California black sea hare, is a species of extremely large sea slug, a marine, opisthobranch, gastropod mollusk in the family Aplysiidae. [1] It is the largest sea slug species.
Like all sea hares, the California sea hare is hermaphroditic, simultaneously acting as male and female during mating. A. californica is known to form mating chains with up to 20 animals. The eggs are yellow-green, and change after 8–9 days into a brown color before larvae hatch. Mating is most prominent during the summer following water ...
Aplysia (/ ə ˈ p l ɪ ʒ (i) ə /) is a genus of medium-sized to extremely large sea slugs, specifically sea hares, which are a kind of marine gastropod mollusk. These benthic herbivorous creatures can become rather large compared with most other mollusks.
Sea hares are consumed in several parts of the world. An example may be "酱爆海兔" [10] (jiàng bào hǎi tù), lit. "sauce-fried sea hare", a Chinese dish featuring sea hare and occasionally squid quickly fried in a sauce. In Hawaii, sea hares, or kualakai, are typically cooked in an imu wrapped in ti leaves. [citation needed]
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Phyllaplysia is a genus of sea slugs, specifically sea hares, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Aplysiidae, the sea hares. Some authors place this genus in a separate family, Dolabriferidae. [citation needed]
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The Seacat is a flat sea hare that grows to about 10 cm long. [6] The maximum recorded length is 108 mm. [7] It is commonly spotty green or brown, but it can also be reddish. [6] The animal's back half is typically wider and rounded, it narrows towards the head. [6] Warty Seacats are soft-bodied gastropods, who have lost a protective shell over ...