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 fasciata Poiret, 1789

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 gracilis*	Eales, 1960	synonym
*Aplysia lobiancoi*	Mazzarelli, 1890	synonym
*Aplysia marmorata*	Blainville, 1823	synonym
*Aplysia neapolitana*	Delle Chiaje, 1824	synonym
*Aplysia radiata*	Crouch, 1826	synonym
*Aplysia sicula*	Swainson, 1840	synonym
*Aplysia vulgaris*	Blainville, 1823	synonym
*Aplysia willcoxi*	Heilprin, 1887	synonym
*Aplysia winneba*	Eales, 1957	synonym
*Laplysia alba*	Cuvier, 1803	synonym
*Laplysia camelus*	Cuvier, 1803	synonym
*Laplysia fasciata*	Poiret, 1789	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

English: banded sea hare; black 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: lièvre noir de mer sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

German: Band-Seehase; Großer Brauner Seehase; Seehase 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.

Portuguese: lebre-do-mar

Literature

original description	Poiret, J. L. M. (1789). Voyage en Barbarie, ou Lettres écrites de l'ancienne Numidie pendant les années 1785 & 1786, sur la religion, les coutumes & les murs des Maures & des Arabes-Bédouins; avec un essai sur l'histoire naturelle de ce pays. Par M. l'abbé Poiret. Paris. [Coelenterata: vol. 2: 65-70] [molluscs: vol. II, pp 10-30].
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.
redescription	Martínez E. & Ortea J. (1990). Moluscos opistobranquios de Cabo Verde: Anaspidea (Aplysiomorpha). Publicações Ocasionais da Sociedade Portuguesa de Malacologia. 15: 17-42.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Aplysia fasciata Poiret, 1789. 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:138755