Bursatella leachii Blainville, 1817 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterobranchia), a successful global sea hare
Miquel Pontes1 & Manuel Ballesteros 1, 2 1VIMAR, Vida Marina 2Emeritus Professor, Universitat de Barcelona, mballesteros@ub.edu Introduction Sea hares (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia, Aplysiida) are mollusks that live in temperate, subtropical or tropical seas. No species lives in polar seas. Most of the approximately 80 known species are medium to large in size and their diet is strictly herbivorous. Many species of sea hares have well-developed lateral extensions of the body (known…
