A typical smooth-skinned sea hare with prominent tentacles and ear-like rhinophores. Plain brown or with tiny white dots.
About 60 mm in length.
Common in shallow bays and estuaries. Hides by day and emerges at night to graze on seaweeds.
Two Oceans: A Guide to the Marine Life of Southern Africa (2007).
Aplysia parvula can be easily confounded with other species in this genus.
Aplysia juliana has black splashes and a sucker at the posterior end of the foot, while A. dactylomela has larger black circular markings and grows up to 400 mm.
F*CK FISH 