Bursatella hirsuta

Bursatella hirsuta
B. hirsuta, Rapid Bay, South Australia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Euopisthobranchia
Clade: Anaspidea
Superfamily: Aplysioidea
Family: Aplysiidae
Genus: Bursatella
Species:
B. hirsuta
Binomial name
Bursatella hirsuta
Nimbs & Wilson, 2020[1]

Bursatella hirsuta is a species of large sea slug or sea hare, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Aplysiidae, the sea hares.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs on the south coast of Australia and in Western Australia, where it was previously mistaken for Bursatella leachii.[1] The adult has a distinctive humped back and all-over brown hairy projections, finer than those in B. leachii, but juveniles of the two species are easily confused. Its range apparently overlaps with B. leachii in central Victoria.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Nimbs, Matt J.; Wilson, Nerida G. (2020). "Description of a new species of Bursatella Blainville, 1817 (Gastropoda, Aplysiida, Aplysiidae) from southern Australia". Molluscan Research. 40 (4): 369–378. doi:10.1080/13235818.2020.1837055. ISSN 1323-5818. S2CID 228871209.
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Bursatella hirsuta Nimbs & N. G. Wilson, 2020. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2021-01-28.
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