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sea hare The order Aplysiida, commonly known as sea hares ('' Aplysia'' species and related genera), are medium-sized to very large opisthobranch gastropod molluscs with a soft internal shell made of protein. These are marine gastropod molluscs in t ...

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opisthobranch Opisthobranchs () is a now informal name for a large and diverse group of specialized complex gastropods which used to be united in the subclass Opisthobranchia. That taxon is no longer considered to represent a monophyletic grouping. Euopistho ...

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Aplysiidae Aplysiidae is the only family in the superfamily Aplysioidea, within the clade Anaspidea. These animals are commonly called sea hares because, unlike most sea slugs, they are often quite large, and when they are underwater, their rounded body sha ...

.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). ''Dolabrifera'' Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137901 on31 March 2012

Species

Species within the genus ''Dolabrifera'' include: * '' Dolabrifera brazieri'' Sowerby, 1870 * ''

Dolabrifera dolabrifera ''Dolabrifera dolabrifera'' is a species of sea hare, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aplysiidae, the sea hares. ''Dolabrifera dolabrifera,'' otherwise known as a ''Warty Seacat.'' The animal goes by many names, including the common se ...

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Dolabrifera fusca ''Dolabrifera'' is a genus of sea hares, a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic group of sea slugs or marine (ocean), marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks belonging to the family (biology), family Aplysiidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). ''Dolabrif ...

'' Pease, 1868 * '' Dolabrifera holboelli'' Bergh, 1872: ''species inquirenda'' * '' Dolabrifera jacksoniensis'' Pilsbry, 1896 * '' Dolabrifera vitraea'' G.B. Sowerby II, 1868 ; Species brought into synonymy * ''Dolabrifera ascifera'': synonym of ''Dolabrifera dolabrifera'' (Rang, 1828) * ''Dolabrifera cuvieri'' H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854: synonym of ''Dolabrifera dolabrifera'' (Rang, 1828) * ''Dolabrifera maillardi'' Deshayes, 1863: synonym of ''Dolabrifera dolabrifera'' (Rang, 1828) * '' Dolabrifera nicaraguana'' Pilsbry, 1896:WoRMS (2011). ''Dolabrifera nicaraguana'' Pilsbry, 1896. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574866 on 2011-09-16 synonym of ''Dolabrifera dolabrifera'' (Rang, 1828) * ''Dolabrifera olivacea'' Pease, 1860: synonym of ''Dolabrifera dolabrifera'' (Rang, 1828) * ''Dolabrifera sowerbyi'' G.B. Sowerby II, 1868: synonym of ''Dolabrifera dolabrifera'' (Rang, 1828) * ''Dolabrifera swiftii'' Pilsbry, 1896: synonym of ''Dolabrifera dolabrifera'' (Rang, 1828) * ''Dolabrifera virens'' A. E. Verrill, 1901: synonym of ''Dolabrifera dolabrifera'' (Rang, 1828)

References

* Vaught, K.C. (1989). ''A classification of the living Mollusca''. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp. * Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). ''European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification''. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213

External links

* Thompson T. E. & Bebbington A. (1973). "Scanning electron microscope studies of gastropod radulae". ''

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