Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Aplysia parvula
liebre caminadora, Pygmy seahare
A small sea hare, less than 6 mm in length, with large oral tentacles anteriorly and two rhinophores just above the eyes. Color variable, depending upon the seaweed in wich it is feeding.
Feeds on red algae in shallow water.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Aplysiida
Superfamily
Aplysioidea
Family
Aplysiidae
Genus
Aplysia
Species
parvula
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Aplysia concava Sowerby, 1869, Aplysia norfolkensis Sowerby, 1869
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: A circumtropical species.
- Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.
- Gosliner, T.M. (1991) The Opisthobranch Gastropod Fauna of the Galapagos Islands. In: M.J. James (ed.): Galápagos marine invertebrates. Taxonomy, biogeography, and evolution in Darwin´s islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 281-305.
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Hickman, C.P. Jr. (2008) A field guide to corals and other radiates of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 162 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Aplysia parvula", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8767. Accessed 25 April 2025.