Sighting 3398432
1 Aplysia sydneyensis at Kings Point, NSW
Identification history
| Aplysia sydneyensis | 24 Jan 2019 | matt.nimbs | ||
| Aplysia sydneyensis | 23 Jan 2019 | matt.nimbs | ||
| Unidentified | 18 May 2018 | Marg |
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User's notes
I’d say it is a sea-hare of some sort, and it was not on land as the map shows, but in Burrill Lake.
3 comments
libbyh
wrote:
15 Jan 2019
It's a great sighting. We have this one down as Aplysia extraordinaria, in our Atlas, https://atlasoflife.naturemapr.org/Community/CategoryGuide/111 which it certainly is - but Matt Nimbs says it is shortly to be changed to Aplysia giganticus. Whatever we call it it's a really interesting animal and a special sighting, congratulations.
matt.nimbs
wrote:
23 Jan 2019
The oral tentacles are too small to be A. extraordinaria. light coloured dots with black rings = A. sydneyensis - can swim, but don't very often
libbyh
wrote:
23 Jan 2019
Thanks for the explanation Matt - fascinating to know that Sydneyensis can swim!
Location information
- Coordinates 150.437889-35.372371
- Altitude 13.1m
- Places Kings Point, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 18 May 2018 01:39 PM Recorded on
- Marg Recorded by
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Collections
Marine Invertebrates Sea Shells, Sea Slugs, Octopuses & allies (Mollusca) Sea Slugs, Sea Hares, Bubble Shells (Gastropoda, Euthyneura) Marg
Species information
- Aplysia sydneyensis Scientific name
- Aplysia sydneyensis Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 13.07m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
