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	Sea hare - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sea hares (a type of sea slug) are small marine gastropod molluscs of the suborder Anaspidea (P. Fisher, 1883) in the subclass Orthogastropoda, class Gastropoda, phylum Mollusca.
		Sea hares are herbivorous and are typically found on seaweed in shallow water.
		Aplysia californica is a typical example of a sea hare, and is noteworthy for its usefulness in studies of neurobiology.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sea_hare (319 words)

	Marine Mollusca - Gastropoda - Sea Hares & Nudibranchs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Marine Mollusca - Gastropoda - Sea Hares and Nudibranchs
		The sea hare and nudibranchs have a reduced shell inside of their bodies.
		If young sea hares were not eaten by predators, they would be among the most common of all animals in the sea.
	home.earthlink.net /~huskertomkat/hare.html (279 words)

	Cabrillo Marine Aquarium - Critter Care Club
		Resembling a crouched rabbit, the sea hare is a marine snail with a shell reduced to a small, thin internal remnant.
		Related to sea stars and sea urchins, sea cucumbers are slow-moving, soft-bodied cylindrical creatures with small spines in the skin, tube feet on the underside and branched tentacles sometimes visible at the mouth end.
		Sea pansies are purple in color with a heart-shaped body and a fleshy stalk that extends downward into the sand to hold it in place.
	www.cabrilloaq.org /critter1.html (3033 words)

	Sea Hare aka Sea Slugs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Sea hare's also known as sea slugs include quite a number of different species that occur all across the marine waters of our planet.
		Sea hares are very pecular animals as each one is both male and female at the same time.
		Sea hares get their name from the large tentacles which resemble the large ears of a hare or rabbit.
	www.thejump.net /id/sea-hare.htm (156 words)

	Nudibranch, Sea Slugs & Sea Hare Gallery ~ Click A Thumbnail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Sea Hares: Herbivorous sea hares and characterised by rather fleshy bodies, which are swollen towards the rear and a head, which is split into pairs of lobed oral and sensory tentacles.
		Sea hares have the ability to release clouds of purplish ink as well as milky white, sticky threads as a means of defence...
		Giant Sea Hare: Growing to over 40cm and with a weight of nearly 2kg, the Giant Sea Hare is a dark peaty brown in colour with a mauve tinged edge to the skirt.
	www.finnyfinfin.com /nudigallery.html (412 words)

	Aquarium Invertebrates
		I was pleased to see that the two species of sea slugs in the aquarium happened to be 2 of the more likely sea slugs (sea hares and lettuce sea slugs) to survive in captivity, and there were none of the more colorful and infinitely more difficult nudibranchs that are so often imported.
		Sea slug, on the other hand, is a descriptive term that can be applied to any of the shell-less gastropods that live in the sea.
		These sea hares are of interest to aquarists, because they are among the few species that tend to feed on these highly distasteful nuisance algae that are avoided by the majority of the animals in our aquaria.
	www.advancedaquarist.com /issues/oct2004/invert.htm (4945 words)

	Journal of Shellfisheries Research: The relationship between seaweed diet and purple ink production in Aplysia ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The proteins of the ink seem to be synthesized by the sea hare itself and are not obtained directly from the diet, as is the case for the ink pigments.
		Feeding habits of sea hare were examined monthly during daytime at low tide by observing the seaweed species consumed in the field and by dissecting under a stereomicroscope the gut contents of the sea hares and capturing the images with a digital camera (Sony-Mavica, Japan).
		At the end of this period, sea hares were anaesthetized by storage in a refrigerator and then dissected carefully to remove the ink gland.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0QPU/is_2_23/ai_n6232176 (1413 words)

	Sea hares (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Sea hares are hermaphrodites, with both male and female reproduction organs.
		In dense populations the sea hares may form chains during mating.
		Another strange feature of many sea hares is the ability to release ink from the mantle cavity when disturbed.
	home.online.no /~kaatelne/UV_bilder/Blotdyr/sjohare.htm (259 words)

	Tenerife Island ::
		On the rocky beaches in the tidal pools of Tenerife some very attractive and unusual sea creatures can be found and one of these is the White-speckled Sea Hare (Aplysia dactylomela) or Conejo de Mar, as it is known in Spanish.
		Whilst terrestrial slugs are the gardener's nightmare the beauty of their marine counterparts have caused them to be dubbed "sea butterflies." There are many types of sea slug and most browse on sea weed.
		The Sea Hares emit a cloud of purple ink if disturbed, and this has been thought to be a defense mechanism like that used by squid.
	www.freewebs.com /tenerifebard/tenerifeflorafauna.htm (592 words)

	The Sea Slug Forum - What are Sea Hares?
		With a bit of imagination this does look a bit like a hare or a rabbit, although the erect head tentacles (rhinophores) are a bit small for ears.
		The Sea Hares, consist of 9 genera: Aplysia, Bursatella, Dolabella, Dolabrifera, Notarchus, Petalifera, Phyllaplysia, Stylocheilus and Syphonota.
		This very reduced mantle cavity is enveloped in a pair of large parapodial lobes, which in some genera are partially fused to form a secondary parapodial chamber.
	www.seaslugforum.net /factsheet.cfm?base=seahares (378 words)

	Wildlife of Sydney - Fact File - Sea Hare
		Sometimes reaching 20 cm, these large sea slugs may be difficult to spot at first as they are well camouflaged.
		Sea hares live for about a year and form long chains during mating.
		The common name of sea hare refers to their large tentacles, which were thought to resemble the large ears of a hare.
	faunanet.gov.au /wos/factfile.cfm?Fact_ID=43 (178 words)

	Pesky the Rat
		The national spokeshare for American sea hares, Pat the Sea Hare, says that Attorney General John Ashcroft has been abusing his authority to persecute the shell-less gastropods and deny them life, liberty and the persuit of things too naughty to mention here.
		Ashcroft is so concerned about the sea hares' activity that he is believed to spend hours by himself watching their activities.
		Sea Hares have already started to fill up the Monterey Canyon, just off the coast of California, and current estimates have Sea Hares spilling onto land within the next 36 hours.
	blogs.salon.com /0001293/2003/01/21.html (569 words)

	The Trinidad Guardian -Online Edition Ver 2.0
		They said the hares have rhinophores (described by the lifeguards as horns) and oral tentacles, which are used for taste and detection.
		Hares are herbivorous and feed on red, green and brown algae (sea weed), they added.
		Hares, they said, are known to release a “purple fish-repellant ink” when disturbed or threatened.
	www.guardian.co.tt /archives/2003-05-09/news18.html (170 words)

	Pharyngula::Lobster vs. Sea Hare (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Also known as the sea hare, Aplysia is a common preparation used in neurobiology labs; it's a good sized beastie with the interesting defense mechanism of spewing out clouds of mucusy slime and purple ink when agitated.
		Toss in a sea hare with neither opaline nor ink, though, and it was lunch more than 80% of the time.
		And it wasn't the purple ink that was critical, either: sea hares with ink but no opaline got turned into lobster chow 83% of the time.
	pharyngula.org /index/weblog/comments/lobster_vs_sea_hare (1426 words)

	Sea Hare (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Sea Hares are Opisthobranchs, also commonly known as Sea Slugs.
		I stopped by my LFS on 10/21 and they had received some of these Sea Hares.
		I took pictures of a rock that had a fairly heavy growth of algae as he was approaching it and then some pictures of him in action.
	www.janetsreef.com /sea_hare.htm (314 words)

	Sport Fishing - Sea Hares
		Many species of sea hares spend most or all of their adult lives as bottom dwellers, but A. brasiliana is one that swims.
		Sea hares are gastropod mollusks (snails) that have reduced or missing internal shells rather than external shells like their more common cousins.
		The bump on the back of a sea hare houses what remains of its shell (which may be entirely absent) and mantle cavity, while the "wings" on its sides, called parapodia, are lateral projections of its foot that allow it to swim.
	www.sportfishingmag.com /article.jsp?ID=34488 (285 words)

	Sea_Hare (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Brown Sea Hare resembles a large slug with long antennae; its body is mottled brown and red, allowing it to blend in with the coralline algae and sea weeds in the intertidal zone.
		Diet: The sea hare is a vegetarian, eating only sea weeds and algae.
		Sea hares lay as many as half a billion eggs each year-when hatched, the sea hares have a planktonic larval stage, and most of these young are eaten by fish.
	www.ocean-institute.org /edu_programs/materials/P/Org/F_G/SeaHare.htm (102 words)

	Monterey Bay Aquarium: Online Field Guide - Sea hare (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Each sea hare is both male and female, but they still need to mate.
		Sea hares may lay up to eighty million eggs apiece.
		Sea hares can't see like we do; their simple eyes can only tell light from dark.
	www.mbayaq.org /efc/living_species/print.asp?inhab=139 (180 words)

	Sea Hares and Sea Slugs - Gulf Specimen Marine Lab
		The opisthobranchs are sea hares and sea slugs, soft-bodied, snail-like mollusks that either have a vestigal shell or no shell at all.
		M-980 SEA HARE, Aplysia brasiliana, the most active, graceful, and best surviving of all the species of Aplysia.
		M-990 FRILLED SEA HARE, Bursatella leachii, a large, highly frilled, shelless snail, gray green with white specks.
	www.gulfspecimen.org /seaslugs.html (309 words)

	"Nudibranchs and sea hares" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Others are sea hares with a small internal shell and sea slugs or nudibranchs without any shell.
		Like the green bubble shell, sea hares are herbivores and most species have only a small internal shell that merely protects their gills.
		Such cells are extracted by the nudibranch from its prey of sea anemones and passed undigested through the stomach to the cerata for defence.
	www.museums.org.za /bio/articles/pank/nudibranchs_and_sea_hares.htm (967 words)

	SeaSlugsOpisthobranchs
		Family Aplysiidae: In old Hawai'i sea hares were called Kualakai and some were cooked in an imu wrapped in ti leaves...
		The group is named for the location of their large plume-like feathery gills (between their mantle and foot on the right side of the body).
		Elysia (Tridachia) crispata, the Lettuce Sea Slug (not a nudibranch), may be brown, green or yellow in general coloration.
	www.wetwebmedia.com /seaslugsopisthobranchs.htm (523 words)

	Underwater Sea Hare Photo, Aplysia punctata
		The sea hare has flaps of tissue on its back, thought to look like the ears of a hare.
		Like all sea slugs, the sea hare is a hermaphrodite.
		Several sea hares can form a mating chanin where each behaves as a male to the one below it, and a female to the one above.
	www.scubatravel.co.uk /seahare.html (118 words)

	Troy's Photo Gallery - Spotted Sea Hare (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Sea slugs like this one are called sea hares because the pointy things behind the head (rhinophores) are said to resemble rabbit ears.
		These sea hares will exude a purple dye if squeezed or, more likely, stepped on.
		They eat algae from sea grass beds, as this one was doing while I observed it.
	troyb.com /photo/gallery/027-04-SpottedSeaHare.htm (169 words)

	InfiniteDifursity: Ocean World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Even so, few people have ever heard of the sea hares of Dathkia; most people associate the name "sea hare" with sea slugs of the genus Aplysia, if they recognize it at all.
		The Dathkian sea hares, on the other hand, are actual lagomorphs adapted to life in the ocean.
		The sea talapoins (a kind of monkey) pronounce the language more like the sea hares, but with a different set of sounds, so that the name of the world sounds more like "Jespia" than "Dathkia" in their pronunciation.
	www.io.com /~hmiller/furry/Dathkia.html (224 words)

	OCEANS ENTERPRISES - MARINE NATURALIST BOOKS - UNDERWATER BOOKS, DIVING BOOKS.
		This book shows what is happening to our souther seas, and is written in a plain non-technical manner yet with the authority expected of such a dedicated author and scientist.
		This is followed by chapters on kelp forrests, abalone, octopuses, jellyfish, lobssters, sea urchins, and the sessile animals - the sponges, bryozoans etc. Then nine chapters on fish and sharks, and the last on seals.
		Not only does it escribe the sea animals that may give us some concern, but it shows how to prevent injury, nd if that is not successful, to treat an injury.
	www.oceans.com.au /oemarine.html (3752 words)

	AlterNet: Women are Spider Mites, Men are Sea Hares
		They're gross, disgusting, slug-like creatures -- remember, we're talking about sea hares here, not men -- that are both male and female at the same time.
		Most women would probably like to see men be more like sea hares since it would mean not having to be bothered when the men want sex.
		The thing to remember is that when it comes down to it, we're not spider mites, sea hares, or fireflies -- we're humans.
	www.alternet.org /story/11347 (1105 words)

	Aplysia Resource Facility
		The system consists of seven 2400 gallon Fiberglass tanks supplied with filtered sea water at a rate of 10 gallons per minute.
		Temperature Effects on Growth, Maturation, and Lifespan of the California Sea Hare (Aplysia californica).
		Reproductive output in the hatchery-reared California sea hare at different stocking densities.
	www.rsmas.miami.edu /groups/sea-hares (703 words)

	publications (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Danilov, I. G., and J. Parham, 200X A reassessment of the referral of an isolated skull from the Late Cretaceous of Uzbekistan to the stem-testudinoid turtle genus Lindholmemys.
		Shi H., Liu H. and J. Parham, 2003 The status of conservation, captive breeding, and research of turtles in China.
		Medina, M., T. Collins and P. Walsh, 2001 MtDNA ribosomal gene phylogeny of sea hares in the genus Aplysia (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Anaspidea): Implications for comparative neurobiology.
	evogen.jgi.doe.gov /top_level/publications.html (1792 words)

	Women are spider mites, men are sea hares
		They’re gross, disgusting, slug-like creatures—remember, we’re talking about sea hares here, not men—that are both male and female at the same time.
		Especially if the sea hares were picked up hitchhiking.
		The thing to remember is that when it comes down to it, we’re not spider mites, sea hares, or fireflies—we’re humans.
	www.maddogproductions.com /ds_spider_mites.htm (1125 words)

	Sea Slugs, Nudibranchs, Sea Hares & Bubble Shells
		Slugs that feed upon green seaweed often store algal cells in their mantle for photosynthesis.
		Sea Hares produce a purple ink from red algae when disturbed.
		Giant warty sea hare seen at night in shallow water
	www.coralreefnetwork.com /stender/marine/mollusks/slugs/slugs.htm (451 words)

	Energy Citations Database (ECD) - Energy and Energy-Related Bibliographic Citations
		Energy Citations Database (ECD) Document #796015 - mtDNA ribosomal gene phylogeny of sea hares in the genus Aplysia (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Anaspidea): Implications for comparative neurobiology
		Sea hares within the genus Aplysia are important neurobiological model organisms, and as studies based on different Aplysia species appear in the literature, a phylogenetic framework has become essential.
		We present a phylogenetic hypothesis for this genus, based on portions of two mitochondrial genes (12S and 16S).
	www.osti.gov /energycitations/product.biblio.jsp?osti_id=796015 (268 words)

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