Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Opisthobranchia > Order Anaspidea > Superfamily Aplysioidea > Family Aplysiidae > Genus Aplysia

Aplysia punctata (Cuvier, 1803)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Aplysia*	Linnaeus, 1767	accepted genus name
*Laplysia*	Linnaeus, 1767	orthographic variant
*Laplysia*	Linnaeus, 1767	synonym

Species group names

*Aplysia cuvieri*	Delle Chiaje, 1828	synonym
*Aplysia dumortieri*	Cantraine, 1835	synonym
*Aplysia ferussaci*	Rang, 1828	synonym
*Aplysia griffithsiana*	Leach, 1852	synonym
*Aplysia guttata*	Sars M., 1840	synonym
*Aplysia hybrida*	Sowerby J., 1806	synonym
*Aplysia longicornis*	Rang, 1828	synonym
*Aplysia marginata*	de Blainville, 1823	synonym
*Aplysia mustelina*	Pennant, 1812	synonym
*Aplysia nexa*	Thompson W., 1845	synonym
*Aplysia nigromarginata*	Risso, 1818	synonym
*Aplysia rosea*	Rathke, 1799	synonym
*Aplysia stellata*	Risso, 1818	synonym
*Aplysia unicolor*	Risso, 1818	synonym
*Aplysia varians*	Leach, 1852	synonym
*Aplysia virescens*	Risso, 1818	synonym
*Laplysia punctata*	Cuvier, 1803	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: lepuri i detit sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Catalan: llebre de mar tacada sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Danish: søhare sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: zeehaas sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: spotted sea hare sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

French: aplysie ponctuée; lièvre de mer taché sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.;Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

German: gemeiner Seehase sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Slovenian: pikasti morski zajček

Spanish, Castillian: liebre de mar manchada sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Swedish: sjöhare

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Check List of European Marine Mollusca (CLEMAM)

Taxon found in 324 publications.

Genbank

Link to Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Marine Life Information Network - UK
Biodiversity Heritage Library (226 publications)
GenBank (35 nucleotides; 21 proteins)
Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Aplysia punctata. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138758