Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
; profondeur 0 - 20 m (Ref. 7727). Tropical; 32°N - 24°N, 97°E - 25°E (Ref. 83435)
Circumglobal in tropical and temperate warm seas and introduced in the Mediterranean.
Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 41.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 126605); poids max. publié: 1.4 kg (Ref. 126605); âge max. reporté: 1.00 années (Ref. 126605)
Sea hares have annual life cycles (Ref. 126605). Common on tidal platforms of mixed sand and rock; actively crawling in tide pools at night and in crevices and under rocks during the day (Ref. 866). Grazes on various types of green algae (Ref. 844). Found in warm seas (Ref. 822). Known from depths of 0 to 20 m (Ref. 7727); from low intertidal to immediate subtidal on alga-covered reefs (Ref. 337). Ejecting ink as a predator deterrence and to send alarm signals to conspecifics, but not all spotted sea hares have ink (Ref. 84419). Ink components are based on the chemical properties of their diet (Ref. 84420). Ascorhynchus sp. found parasitic on the gills of this nudibranch (Ref. 121217).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Members of the order Anaspidea are mostly simultaneous hermaphrodites.
Debelius, H. 2001. (Ref. 844)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)
statut CITES (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Utilisations par l'homme
| FishSource |
Outils
Sources Internet
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 20.2 - 26.8, mean 24.6 (based on 196 cells).
Vulnérabilité
Low to moderate vulnerability (30 of 100).
Catégorie de prix
Unknown.