{"scientificNameAuthorship":"Rüppell & Leuckart, 1830","RecordModifiedOn":"2017-09-11","CAAB_code":"24388004","phylum":"Mollusca","Notes":"This Indo-Pacific species has previously been confused with the Atlantic species <i>Aplysia dactylomela</i>. Any records of the latter from the Australasian region are probably <i>Aplysia argus</i> but need to be examined to determine their true identity.","habitat":"Marine unspecified<br>","NameVerifiedSource":"Nimbs, M.J., Willan, R.C., Smith, S.D.A., 2017. Is Port Stephens, eastern Australia, a global hotspot for biodiveristy of Aplysiidae (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia)?, <i>Molluscan Research</i>, Vol. 37(1): 45-65. . dx.doi.org/10.1080/13235818.2016.1207280 <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1080&#x25;2F13235818.2016.1207280\">doi:10.1080&#x2f;13235818.2016.1207280</a>","Parent_Id":24388901,"scientificName":"Aplysia argus","kingdom":"Animalia","order":"Anaspidea","otherVernacularNames":"","Reference":"Burn, R., 2006. A checklist and bibliography of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Victoria and the Bass Strait area, south-eastern Australia., <i>Museum Victoria Science Reports</i>, Vol. 10: 1-42.","vernacularName":"[a sea hare]","ChildCodes":"","RecordCreatedOn":"2008-08-22","scientificNameID_WoRMS":"urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:730434","family":"Aplysiidae","standardName":"","class":"Gastropoda","scientificNameID_AFD":"urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.name:705bcebf-88be-4e7b-864b-6429bd9fa299","CAAB_status":"Valid"}