Dolabrifera dolabrifera

Dolabrifera dolabrifera
	A live individual of Dolabrifera dolabrifera, head end at the upper left
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Clade:	Euopisthobranchia
Clade:	Anaspidea
Superfamily:	Aplysioidea
Family:	Aplysiidae
Genus:	Dolabrifera
Species:	D. dolabrifera
Binomial name
	Dolabrifera dolabrifera; (Rang, 1828)
Synonyms[1]
	Aplysia ascifera Rang, 1828; Aplysia dolabrifera Cuvier, 1817[2] (nomen nudum); Aplysia oahouensis Souleyet, 1852; Dolabrifera ascifera (Rang, 1828); Dolabrifera cuvieri H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 (unnecessary substitute name for Dolabrifera dolabrifera); Dolabrifera maillardi Deshayes, 1863; Dolabrifera nicaraguana Pilsbry, 1896; Dolabrifera olivacea Pease, 1860; Dolabrifera sowerbyi G.B. Sowerby II, 1868; Dolabrifera swiftii Pilsbry, 1896; Dolabrifera virens A. E. Verrill, 1901;

Dolabrifera dolabrifera is a species of sea hare, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aplysiidae, the sea hares.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs worldwide in tropical and subtropical seas and oceans.

The maximum recorded length is 108 mm.[4]

The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; the maximum recorded depth is 3 m.[4]

Dolabrifera dolabrifera egg ribbon 5 days old

Dolabrifera dolabrifera egg 7 days old, just before hatching

Veliger larva of sea hare Dolabrifera dolabrifera, one day after hatching

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