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Mapped sea hare

Syphonota geographica (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The mapped sea hare (Syphonota geographica) is a species in the family Aplysiidae, order Aplysiida.

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Quick facts about the mapped sea hare

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the mapped sea hare live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the mapped sea hare as introduced in 4 countries.

  1. Greece
  2. Italy
  3. Lebanon
  4. Türkiye

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the mapped sea hare endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the mapped sea hare classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. orderAplysiida
  5. familyAplysiidae
  6. genusSyphonota
  7. SpeciesSyphonota geographica (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)

Synonyms Aplysia geographica, Aplysia mouhoti, Aplysia piperata, Aplysia scripta, Paraplysia geographica, Siphonotus geographicus

Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • Geographic sea hareEnglish
  • クサモチアメフラシJapanese
  • Lebre-do-mar-geográficaPortuguese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the mapped sea hare

Other species in the same genus Syphonota.

CompareMapped sea hare vs Syphonota grandis

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the mapped sea hare an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the mapped sea hare as introduced in 4 countries: Greece, Italy, Lebanon and Türkiye, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the mapped sea hare?

The mapped sea hare (Syphonota geographica) belongs to the family Aplysiidae in the order Aplysiida.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Mapped sea hare (Syphonota geographica). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/mapped-sea-hare

MLA

“Mapped sea hare (Syphonota geographica).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/mapped-sea-hare.

BibTeX
@misc{mapped_sea_hare_2026,
  title = {Mapped sea hare (Syphonota geographica)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/mapped-sea-hare},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}