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Sea Hare: Variable and Red Sea Hares
Underwater, critters: Sea Hare: Variable and Red Sea Hares
Aplysia parvula, a red sea hare, is the smaller one on the back of what appears to a variable sea hare, Aplysia dactylomela. They both graze on seaweed, so I'm not sure what they're doing together here. Tawharanui

January 2004