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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	24 388004 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Aplysia argus   Rüppell & Leuckart, 1830
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 24 - Mollusca - Gastropoda Gastropods (univalve molluscs, slugs, snails etc.) Family: 24 388 Aplysiidae (sea hares) - show full list Common Name: [a sea hare] Organism Type: a sea hare Synonyms: Aplysia (Varria) dactylomela Aplysia dactylomela Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 24 388901     Aplysia spp.

Taxon Notes:	This Indo-Pacific species has previously been confused with the Atlantic species Aplysia dactylomela. Any records of the latter from the Australasian region are probably Aplysia argus but need to be examined to determine their true identity.
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.name:705bcebf-88be-4e7b-864b-6429bd9fa299 Name status: synonym    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:730434 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2021-11-11 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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Record source:	Burn, R., 2006. A checklist and bibliography of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Victoria and the Bass Strait area, south-eastern Australia., Museum Victoria Science Reports, Vol. 10: 1-42.
Scientific Name verified against:	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)?, Molluscan Research, Vol. 37(1): 45-65. . dx.doi.org/10.1080/13235818.2016.1207280 doi:10.1080/13235818.2016.1207280