MBI Species Classification Request

General
Name:	Shannon Pechauer ( shannpeach )
Status:	Completed
Date:	03/28/2013
Classification Type:	NewChallenge
Species:	Bursatella leachii
Suggested Class:	D
Common Name(s):	Blue dot sea hare, ragged sea hare, shaggy sea hare
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Fish/Invert/Culture:	I
Spawn Mode:	Demersal
Fish Base Link:	http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/bursleac
Breeding Success:	True
Success References:	Paige, J.A. 1986. The laboratory culture of two aplysiids, Aplysia brasiliana Rang 1828 and Bursatella leachii plei (Rang 1828) (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) in artificial seawater. Veliger 29(1): 64-69. Paige, JA. (1988). Biology, metamorphosis and postlarval development of Bursatella leachii plei Rang (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia). Bulletin of Marine Science, 42(1): 65-75.
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If Challenging Existing Classification
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If Requesting New Classification
Research or Links to information on Species:	First Report on Reproduction of Lessepsian Ragged Sea Hare, Bursatella leachii (De Blainville, 1817) (Mollusca:Gastropoda) in Izmir Bay (Aegean Sea, Turkey), Tanrikul and Okyol; Journal of Fisheries Sciences, 2012 Behavior Patterns of the Aplysiid Gastropod Bursatella leachii in its Natural Habitat and in the Laboratory, Ramos et al; Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 1995

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