Reticulated sea hare

About this species

Aplysia reticulata is a species of gastropod mollusc in the genus Aplysia, family Aplysiidae.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Aplysia reticulata”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 12 records
February: 18 records
March: 31 records
April: 44 records
May: 36 records
June: 35 records
July: 67 records
August: 99 records
September: 87 records
October: 44 records
November: 20 records
December: 8 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 1–13 m · Deepest record: 13 m

0–10 m: 4 records
10–20 m: 2 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 20–29 °C

20–22 °C: 2 records
22–24 °C: 0 records
24–26 °C: 1 records
26–28 °C: 1 records
28–30 °C: 6 records

Photos

(c) Belinda Forbes, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) coenobita, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Doreen, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Susan Prior, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Belinda Forbes, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) mapefrli, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Reticulated sea hare

Similar species

California seahare
Aplysia californica
Ocellate Sea Hare
Aplysia argus
Large-spotted sea hare
Aplysia dactylomela
Sucker-foot Sea Hare
Aplysia juliana
Aplysia kurodai
Dwarf sea hare
Aplysia parvula

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
25 open-data records from 1963 to 2023.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.