Aplysia cedrocensis

Aplysia cedrocensis
Preserved specimen of Aplysia cedrosensis at the Smithsonian Institution (holotype)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Aplysiida
Family: Aplysiidae
Genus: Aplysia
Species:
A. cedrocensis
Binomial name
Aplysia cedrocensis
Bartsch & Rehder, 1939

Aplysia cedrocensis is a species of gastropod mollusc in the genus Aplysia, family Aplysiidae. [1]

Description

This is a large, heavily built creature, notably broad and tall. Its length is 165 mm, its width 90 mm, its height 85 mm.[2]

Distribution

This species was discovered off Cedros Island, Lower California.

References

  1. ^ Aplysia cedrocensis Bartsch & Rehder, 1939. 23September 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ^ Bartsch, P. & Rehder, H. A. (1939). "Mollusks collected on the Presidential cruise of 1938". Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 98 (10): 2. Retrieved 23 September 2025.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Bebbington, A., 1977. Aplysiid species from eastern Australia with notes on the Pacific Ocean Aplysiomorpha (Gastropoda, Opistobranchia). Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. 34 1: 87-147