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‫خلٌج‬ ، ‫البدٌة‬ ‫بحر‬ ‫من‬ ) 7391 ، ‫بابا‬ ‫كوروداي‬ ‫أبلٌسٌا‬ ( ‫كورودا‬ ‫البحر‬ )‫(لُواع‬ ‫أرنب‬ ‫البحر‬ ‫لبُزاق‬ ‫األول‬ ‫التسجٌل‬ ‫هو‬ ‫هذا‬
01..4.0.71 ... ‫خلف‬ ‫عُال‬ ‫الكابتن‬ ‫الغواصٌن‬ ‫دربة‬ ‫م‬ ُ ‫عدسة‬ ... ‫أمتار‬ 4 ‫عُمك‬ ‫على‬ ‫من‬ ‫عُمان‬
This is the first record of the Kuroda’s Sea Hare (Aplysia kurodai Baba, 1937) from the Bidyah
Sea, Gulf of Oman. Photo by Ola Khalaf in the Bidyah Lagoon, 4 meters deep; body length
around 8 cm. 28.04.2017.
http://marine-life-uae-2.webs.com/aplysia-kurodai
Chen, Y.-W., 2006 (Oct 30) Sea Hares in Taiwan. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum.
Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from
http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/17917
Encyclopedia of Life. Aplysia kurodai Kuroda’s Sea Hare.
http://eol.org/pages/4790787/details
Hasan I, Watanabe M, Ishizaki N, Sugita-Konishi Y, Kawakami Y, Suzuki J, Dogasaki
C, Rajia S, Kawsar SM, Koide Y, Kanaly RA, Sugawara S, Hosono M, Ogawa Y, Fujii
Y, Iriko H, Hamako J, Matsui T, Ozeki Y. (2014). A galactose-binding lectin isolated
from Aplysia kurodai (sea hare) eggs inhibits streptolysin-induced hemolysis. Molecules.
2014 Sep 5;19(9):13990-4003. doi: 10.3390/molecules190913990.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25197935
Khalaf, Norman Ali Bassam (1980). Tabie’t Al-Talawon fi Al-Haywanat (The
Colouration of Animals). Al-Biology Bulletin. Number 1. January 1980, Safar 1401.
Biological Society, Kuwait University, State of Kuwait. pp. 4-5. (In Arabic).
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