Dolabrifera brazieri
- Usual depth8 m
- Water temperature18–23 °C
- Best monthsJanuary
- How commonOccasional
Photo credit: (c) Sylke Rohrlach, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
About this species
Dolabrifera brazieri is a species of sea slug or sea hare, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusc in the family Aplysiidae, the sea hares. It is native to the South Pacific, including southeast Australia.
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Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 199 records
- February: 93 records
- March: 93 records
- April: 86 records
- May: 54 records
- June: 46 records
- July: 70 records
- August: 48 records
- September: 92 records
- October: 78 records
- November: 59 records
- December: 64 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 8 m · Deepest record: 8 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 18–23 °C
Photos
(c) TJ Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Tim, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Andy Bell, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) tobyyy, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Niki Hubbard, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Eldon E Ball, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Kelvin Perrie, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
Other scientific names: Dolabrifera jacksoniensis
Similar species
Dappled Sea HareDolabrifera dolabrifera
California seahareAplysia californica
Ocellate Sea HareAplysia argus
Large-spotted sea hareAplysia dactylomela
Sucker-foot Sea HareAplysia juliana
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).
- 179 open-data records from 1869 to 2016.
- Species data updated November 2, 2026.
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