Syphonota
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| Missing image Syphonota_Geographica,_Antalya,_Turkey_1.jpg Geographic Sea Hare Syphonota geographica | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Syphonota geographica |
Syphonota (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850) is a genus of sea hare, belonging to the family Aplysiidae.
A more general description can be found on the page of the superfamily Aplysioidea.
Syphonota differs with the other genera, through the position of the rhinophores (= head tentacles), which are further back, almost between the parapodial lobes.
- Syphonota geographica (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850) or Geographic Sea Hare
- Distribution : in lagoons, bays or on sandy bottoms of the Indo-West Pacific, Mediterranean and the Red Sea.
- Length : 10 cm
- Color : whitish to green with brown specks, with a complicated network of white lines (hence the name 'geographica'); high parapodia (= fleshy winglike outgrowths).
External link
- Photo of Geographic Sea Hare (http://www.seaslugforum.net/syphgeog.htm)