California Black Sea Hare, Aplysia vaccaria

Crystal Cove State Park, Orange County, CA. 10-17-16. © Timothy Arehart	California Black Sea Hare Aplysia vaccaria Tectibranchiata: Aplysiidae The largest Sea Slug. Native to northeast Pacific Sea California, United States and Baja California, Mexico, including the Sea of Cortez. Video of Aplysia vaccaria Back to Molluscs of Southern California Back to Natural History of Orange County, California
~25 cm long. Exposed at low tide. Main Beach, Laguna Beach, Orange County, California. 01/07/08. © Sandy Dildine	Diver's Cove (subtidal), Laguna Beach, Orange County, California. 2007. © Sandy Dildine
Rhinophore with eye spot, eye, oral tentacle. Heisler Park, Laguna Beach, Orange County, California. 12/19/2017. © Peter J. Bryant	Rhinophore with eye spot, eye. Heisler Park, Laguna Beach, Orange County, California. 12/19/2017. © Peter J. Bryant
With eggs. © Sandy Dildine	Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 01/21/08. © Peter J. Bryant
With much smaller California Sea Hare, Aplysia californica (lower). Crystal Cove State Park, Orange County, CA. 5-21-10. © Timothy Arehart	Crystal Cove State Park, Orange County, CA. 5-21-10. © Timothy Arehart
	Little Corona del Mar Beach, Newport Beach, Orange County, CA. 2/10/2021. © James Cokas.
With eggs. Crystal Cove State Park, Orange County, CA. 5-26-16. © Timothy Arehart	Eggs. Crystal Cove State Park, Orange County, CA. 5-26-16. © Timothy Arehart