Ragged sea hare
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Adult ragged sea hares have no shell on the outside of their bodies.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Ragged sea hare
- Scientific name
- Bursatella leachii
- Japanese name
- フレリトゲアメフラシ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Aplysiida
- Family
- Aplysiidae
- Genus
- Bursatella
Its body is dark brown; its back is covered with branching, twig-like projections and dotted with blue spots.
How the Ragged sea hare lives
In the early morning, they can be found gathered in groups. During the day, they spread out to eat thin films of algae. At night, they gather again and hide. Its eggs form a tangled mass of purple strings.
IUCNBasic data
- Range
- India to the western Pacific, and the central Pacific
Where the Ragged sea hare has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- フレリトゲアメフラシ
- 简体中文
- 蓝斑背肛海兔
- 繁體中文
- 藍斑背肛海兔
- 한국어
- 가시군소
- Français
- Lièvre de mer effiloché
- Português (Brasil)
- Lebre-do-mar-peluda
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — フレリトゲアメフラシChecked: 2026-11-04
- IUCN — Bursatella leachiiChecked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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