California Sea Slug species lives in California and northern Mexico.
The California sea hare can be very large, the maximum recorded length being 75 cm (30 inches) when crawling and thus fully extended. Most adult specimens are half or less than half of that size. Like all Aplysia species, the California sea hare is herbivorous. Its diet consists primarily of red and brown seaweed, which gives the animal its typically dark coloration. When it is considerably disturbed, as shown in the photograph on the right, the sea hare is capable of releasing reddish-purple ink (much like an octopus does) from a gland in its mantle cavity.
The California sea hare can be very large, the maximum recorded length being 75 cm (30 inches) when crawling and thus fully extended. Most adult specimens are half or less than half of that size. Like all Aplysia species, the California sea hare is herbivorous. Its diet consists primarily of red and brown seaweed, which gives the animal its typically dark coloration. When it is considerably disturbed, as shown in the photograph on the right, the sea hare is capable of releasing reddish-purple ink (much like an octopus does) from a gland in its mantle cavity.
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