Observations on Aplysia punctata

October 2, 1999
From: Andy Horton

Dear Bill,
Here are some observations from May 1999, English Channel.

Sea Hares, Aplysia punctata, have been reported in large numbers from just off the Isle of Purbeck on the Dorset coast (Jane Lilley), near Portland Harbour on the Dorset coast (Bob Alexander) and Saline Bay in Guernsey, Channel Islands (Richard Lord). All reports of this mollusc are of interest. It will not be until next month that we will know if it is a year of abundance, when Sea Hares come inshore to spawn and then die on the shore and in shallow water. In July they were also reported from the mouth of the Rive Exe, Seaton, Devon,(Peter Glanvill) and in hundreds off Lulworth Cove, Dorset (Chris Davis, Marine Conservation Society).

Andy Horton

bmlss@compuserve.com

Horton, A., 1999 (Oct 2) Observations on Aplysia punctata. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/1379

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