Gazelle : The Palestinian Biological Bulletin (ISSN 0178 – 6288) . Number 161, May 2018, pp. 1-11.

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Kuroda’s Sea Hare Sea Slug (Aplysia kurodai Baba,
1937) : First Record from the Sea of Bidyah, Gulf of
Oman, Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean
‫عُمان‬ ‫خليج‬ ، ‫البِدية‬ ‫بحر‬ ‫من‬ ‫كورودا‬ ‫البحر‬ ‫قواع‬ ‫أرنب‬ ‫لبُزاق‬ ‫األول‬ ‫التسجيل‬
By: Prof. Dr. Sc. Norman Ali Bassam Ali Taher Mohammad Ahmad
Mostafa Khalaf-Sakerfalke von Jaffa & Ola Mostafa Esmail Mostafa
Khalaf (Photography)
‫خلٌج‬ ، ‫بدٌة‬ ‫ال‬ ‫بحر‬ ‫من‬ ) 7391 ، ‫بابا‬ ‫ي‬ ‫كورودا‬ ‫أبلٌسٌا‬ ( ‫كورودا‬ ‫البحر‬ )‫(لُواع‬ ‫أرنب‬ ‫بحر‬ ‫ال‬ ‫لبُزاق‬ ‫األول‬ ‫التسجٌل‬ ‫هو‬ ‫هذا‬
، ‫والصٌن‬ ‫وكورٌا‬ ‫الٌابان‬ ‫بحار‬ ‫من‬ ‫تسجٌله‬ ‫وتم‬ ‫آسٌا‬ ‫شرق‬ ‫بحار‬ ً‫ف‬ ‫عادة‬ ‫النوع‬ ‫هذا‬ ‫ٌعٌش‬ ... ‫أمتار‬ 4 ‫عُمك‬ ‫على‬ ‫من‬ ‫عُمان‬
ً‫البُن‬ ‫جسمه‬ ‫بلون‬ ‫ٌمتاز‬ ‫وهو‬ ، ‫سنتٌمترات‬ 8 ً‫ل‬ ‫حوا‬ ‫إلى‬ ‫طوله‬ ‫ٌصل‬ ‫البدٌة‬ ً‫ف‬ ‫هُنا‬ ‫بٌنما‬ ، ً ‫سنتٌمترا‬ 03 ‫إلى‬ ‫طوله‬ ‫وٌصل‬
0843440382 ... ‫خلف‬ ‫عُال‬ ‫الكابتن‬ ‫الغواصٌن‬ ‫دربة‬ ‫م‬ ُ ‫عدسة‬ ... ‫اللون‬ ‫بٌضاء‬ ‫وبُمع‬ ‫نماط‬ ‫مع‬ ‫الداكن‬
This is the first record of the Kuroda’s Sea Hare ( Aplysia kurodai Baba, 1937) from the Bidyah
Sea, Gulf of Oman. It lives usually in Eastern Asia, in the seas of Japan, Korea and China. Body
colour is dark brownish with whitish translucent spots and patches. Grows to 30 cm. Photo by
Ola Khalaf in the Bidyah Lagoon, 4 meters deep; body length around 8 cm. 28.04.2017.
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Gazelle : The Palestinian Biological Bulletin – Number 161 – May 2018