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 punctata (Cuvier, 1803)

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 albopunctata*	Deshayes, 1853	synonym
*Aplysia cuvieri*	Delle Chiaje, 1828	synonym
*Aplysia dumortieri*	Cantraine, 1835	synonym
*Aplysia ferussaci*	Rang, 1828	synonym
*Aplysia griffithsiana*	Leach, 1852	synonym
*Aplysia guttata*	M. Sars, 1839	synonym
*Aplysia hybrida*	J. Sowerby, 1806	synonym
*Aplysia longicornis*	Rang, 1828	synonym
*Aplysia marginata*	Blainville, 1823	synonym
*Aplysia mustelina*	Pennant, 1812	synonym
*Aplysia nexa*	W. Thompson, 1845	synonym
*Aplysia nigromarginata*	Risso, 1818	synonym
*Aplysia rosea*	Rathke, 1799	synonym
*Aplysia stellata*	Risso, 1818	synonym
*Aplysia unicolor*	Risso, 1818	synonym
*Aplysia varians*	Leach, 1852	synonym
*Aplysia virescens*	Risso, 1818	synonym
*Laplysia punctata*	Cuvier, 1803	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: lepuri i detit sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Catalan: llebre de mar tacada sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Danish: søhare sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: zeehaas sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: common sea hare; dotted sea hare; small rosy sea hare; 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.;Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

French: aplysie ponctuée; lièvre de mer taché sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.;Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

German: gemeiner Seehase; Gepunkteter Seehase; Getupfter Seehase; Kleingepunkteter Seehase sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona;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.

Slovenian: pikasti morski zajček

Spanish, Castillian: liebre de mar manchada sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Swedish: sjöhare

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Aplysia punctata (Cuvier, 1803). 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:138758