Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura > Order Aplysiida > Superfamily Aplysioidea > Family Aplysiidae > Genus Aplysia

Aplysia depilans Gmelin, 1791

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Aplysia*	Linnaeus, 1767	accepted genus name
*Laplysia*	Linnaeus, 1767	orthographic variant
*Aplysia (Aplysia)*	Linnaeus, 1767	synonym
*Aplysia (Pruvotaplysia)*	Engel, 1936	synonym
*Tethys (Aplysia)*	Linnaeus, 1767	synonym

Species group names

*Aplysia poliana*	[sic]	orthographic variant
*Aplysia leporina*	Delle Chiaje, 1828	synonym
*Aplysia major*	Lankester, 1875	synonym
*Aplysia melanopus*	Couch, 1870	synonym
*Aplysia petersonii*	Gray, 1828	synonym
*Aplysia poli*	Delle Chiaje, 1824	synonym
*Dolabella fragilis*	Lamarck, 1822	synonym
*Dolabella laevis*	Blainville, 1819	synonym
*Dolabella lepus*	Risso, 1826	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: spotted sea hare sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Gefleckter Seehase

Literature

original description	Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6.
redescription	Martínez E. & Ortea J. (1990). Moluscos opistobranquios de Cabo Verde: Anaspidea (Aplysiomorpha). Publicações Ocasionais da Sociedade Portuguesa de Malacologia. 15: 17-42.
redescription	Cunha C.M. & Simone L.R.L. (2018). Morphological re-description of Aplysia depilans (Gastropoda: Anaspidea): new insights into the anatomy of the anaspideans. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 1-16.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Aplysia depilans Gmelin, 1791. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138754