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Aplysiidae Lamarck, 1809 
AphiaID: 172

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Opisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Anaspidea (Order) > Aplysioidea (Superfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Aplysioidea
Sources  basis of record: Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2005) Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47(1-2): 1-397. [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English sea hares  [details]
Swedish sjöharar  [details]
Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Genus Aplysia Linnaeus, 1767
Subfamily Aplysiinae Lamarck, 1809
Genus Barnardaclesia Eales & Engel, 1935
Genus Bursatella Blainville, 1817
Genus Dolabella Lamarck, 1801
Genus Dolabrifera Gray, 1847
Subfamily Dolabriferinae Pilsbry, 1895
Subfamily Notarchinae Mazzarelli, 1893
  » Tribe Dolabellini Pilsbry, 1895
» Tribe Dolabriferini Pilsbry, 1895
» Tribe Notarchini Mazzarelli, 1893
Genus Notarchus Cuvier, 1817
Genus Paraplysia Pilsbry, 1895
Genus Petalifera Gray, 1847
Genus Phyllaplysia P. Fischer, 1872
Genus Stylocheilus Gould, 1852
Genus Syphonota H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854

Genus Aclesia Rang, 1828 accepted as Bursatella Blainville, 1817
Genus Aplysiella P. Fischer, 1872 accepted as Petalifera Gray, 1847
Genus Neaplysia J. G. Cooper, 1863 accepted as Aplysia (Neaplysia) J. G. Cooper, 1863
Genus Phycophila A. Adams, 1861 accepted as Aplysia (Phycophila) A. Adams, 1861
Genus Pruvotaplysia Engel, 1936 accepted as Aplysia (Pruvotaplysia) Engel, 1936
Genus Ramosaclesia Iredale, 1929 accepted as Bursatella Blainville, 1817
Genus Siphonotus A. Adams & Reeve, 1850 accepted as Syphonota H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
Genus Tullia Pruvot-Fol, 1933 accepted as Aplysia (Tullia) Pruvot-Fol, 1933
Genus Varria Eales, 1960 accepted as Aplysia (Varria) Eales, 1960
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To image gallery of Natural History Museum Rotterdam
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:172
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  db_admin
2006-03-22 08:02:13Z  changed  Wambiji, Nina
2010-09-21 04:41:14Z  checked  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Aplysiidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=172 on 2013-05-20
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