APHOTOMARINE

An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that can be found in coastal waters
and intertidal areas of Great Britain and Ireland by David Fenwick.

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Common sea hare
Aplysia punctata
- in pool 1

Common sea hare
Aplysia punctata
- in pool 2

Common sea hare
Aplysia punctata
- out of water 1

Common sea hare
Aplysia punctata
- in pool distressed 1

Common sea hare
Aplysia punctata
- in pool distressed 2

Common sea hare
Aplysia punctata
- washed-up strandline 1

Common sea hare
Aplysia punctata
- washed up strandline 2

Common sea hare
Aplysia punctata
- in pool / juvenile 1

Common sea hare
Aplysia punctata
- in pool / juvenile 2

Common sea hare
Aplysia punctata
- 2.5mm long juvenile 1

Common sea hare
Aplysia punctata
- 2.5mm long juvenile 2

Common sea hare
Aplysia punctata
- juvenile 1

Common sea hare
Aplysia punctata
- juvenile 2

Common sea hare
Aplysia punctata
- juvenile 3

Common sea hare
Aplysia punctata
- eggs 1

Common sea hare
Aplysia punctata
- eggs 2

Common sea hare
Aplysia punctata
- eggs 3

Common sea hare
Aplysia punctata
- eggs 4

Common sea hare
Aplysia punctata
- shell dorsal view 1

Common sea hare
Aplysia punctata
- shell ventral view 1

Common sea hare
Aplysia punctata
- shell lateral view 1

Common sea hare
Aplysia punctata
- shell / 1.0mm division rule 1

Common sea hare
Aplysia punctata
- shell on collection card 1

Common sea hare
Aplysia punctata
- juvenile specimen with the diatom Licmophora flabellata growing on its shell 1

Common sea hare
Aplysia punctata
- juvenile specimen with the diatom Licmophora flabellata growing on its shell 2

Common sea hare
Aplysia punctata
- Licmophora flabellata growing on shell 1

Common sea hare
Aplysia punctata
- Licmophora flabellata growing on shell 2

Can be quite a common species, most images taken at Spit Point near St. Austell and at Hannafore, Looe, Cornwall; but images taken across the south coast of Cornwall.

Scientific and European Names:
Aplysia punctata, Common sea hare, Dotted sea hare, Spotted sea hare, Sea hare, Punktierter seehase, Gestippelde zeehaas, Lievre de mer mouchete, Liebre de mar punteada, Lepre di mare.

The main objective of this website is in furthering environmental awareness and education through the medium of photography. To increase awareness and access to the wildlife of the region and help

people find and identify it. Sometimes the difference between species is obvious but many species can only be determined by observing microscopic characteristics that are specific to any one species.

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