Mollusks · La Saladita, Guerrero

California Seahare

Aplysia californica

Spanish: Liebre marina de California

California Seahare (Aplysia californica)
Photographed by symbiiotica on iNaturalist · CC-BY-NC

The California sea hare is a species of sea slug in the sea hare family, Aplysiidae. Most often recorded in Mar.

TaxonomyGastropoda › Aplysiida › Aplysiidae
Local records1 research-grade observation within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones)
Global records10,148 on iNaturalist
Recorded here2024 – 2024
Months recorded near La Saladita
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Recent local sightings

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Cite as: “California Seahare (Aplysia californica) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/aplysia-californica/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.