Aplysia californica, California seahare

Aplysia californica   Cooper, 1863

California seahare

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Gastropoda | Aplysiida | Aplysiidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic; depth range 0 - 22 m (Ref. 865).  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Pacific Ocean.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 70.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 822); max. published weight: 6.8 kg (Ref. 106182); max. reported age: 1.00 years (Ref. 126605)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Assumed maximum length from Ref. 822. Sea hares have annual life cycles (Ref. 126605). Feeds on red and green algae, especially Plocamium, Laurencia, Ulva and Enteromorpha spp. (Ref. 822).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Simultaneous hermaphrodites (Ref. 106189); aggregate mating (Ref. 106182). Planktotrophic larvae; settlement and metamorphosis depends on substrate specificity (Ref. 100475).

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Debelius, H. 2001. (Ref. 844)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 13.4 - 27.1, mean 22 (based on 399 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low to moderate vulnerability (29 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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