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)

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