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California Sea Hare

Aplysia californica

Description:

This California Sea hare was making it's way through the sea weed and algae.Just behind it you can see a freshly laid egg mass attached to the eel grass bed.Up to 80 million jelly-encased, yellow eggs are laid in long strings that can form a mass as large in diameter as a grapefruit. The mass is usually attached to eelgrass where the eggs turn brown in 8-9 days and hatch in 10-12 days.

Habitat:

pacific ocean

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Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 7 years ago

added more pics.

HemaShah
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HemaShah

California, USA

Spotted on Jun 17, 2016
Submitted on Jul 17, 2016

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