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Aplysia depilans Gmelin, 1791 
AphiaID: 138754

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Opisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Anaspidea (Order) > Aplysioidea (Superfamily) > Aplysiidae (Family) > Aplysia (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Typetaxon of  Aplysia Linnaeus, 1767
Parent Aplysia Linnaeus, 1767
Sources  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 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Environment marine
Distribution Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Cape Verde [details]
East Atlantic [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
French Exclusive Economic Zone [Atlantic part] [details]
French Exclusive Economic Zone [Mediterranean part] [details]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Italy [details]
Kerkennah Islands [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (314 publications)
To CLEMAM
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To PESI
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org)
To ITIS
Notes  Distribution: Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, from France to Cape Verde [details]

Habitat: Known from rocky shores. [details]
Image 
Aplysia depilans
Aplysia depilans
added on 2012-07-12 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138754
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
  
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  Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Aplysia depilans Gmelin, 1791. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138754 on 2013-05-23
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