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Classification
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Opistobranchia
Superfamily Aplysioidea
Family Aplysiidae
Subfamily Aplysiinae (BioLib.cz & Rudman, 2002)
Genus Aplysia
Species Aplysia kurodai Baba, 1937
Distribution
North West Pacific Ocean around Japan, Korea and China (Wikipedia; Rudman, 2002);
and from the Bidyah Sea (United Arab Emirates), Gulf of Oman, Arabian Sea, Indian
Ocean.
Description
Dark brownish or purplish-black and covered with a variable scattering of whitish
translucent spots and patches. Secretes both purple and white ink, parapodia large and
separated posteriorly. Grows to 30 cm. in length (Rudman, 2002). In the Sea of Bidyah,
Gulf of Oman, it reached a length of around 8 cm.
References and Internet Websites
Baba, K., (1937) Opisthobranchia of Japan (I). Journal of the Department of Agriculture,
Kyushu Imperial University, 5(4): 195-236. (Pl.4).
Baba, K. (1949). Opisthobranchia of Sagami Bay collected by His Majesty The Emperor
of Japan. 194 pp., 50 pls. Iwanami Shoten, Tokyo.
Bouchet, P. (2011). Aplysia kurodai Baba, 1937. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed
through: World Register of Marine Species at
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=568199
Bouchet, P. (2017). Diaphorodoris olakhalafi Khalaf, 2017. In: MolluscaBase (2017).
Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at
http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1023241
Gazelle : The Palestinian Biological Bulletin – Number 161 – May 2018