Bursatella hirsuta

Bursatella hirsuta is a species of large sea slug or sea hare, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Aplysiidae, the sea hares.^[2]

Bursatella hirsuta
B. hirsuta, Rapid Bay, South Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Euopisthobranchia
Clade:	Anaspidea
Superfamily:	Aplysioidea
Family:	Aplysiidae
Genus:	Bursatella
Species:	B. hirsuta
Binomial name
Bursatella hirsuta Nimbs & Wilson, 2020[1]

Distribution

This species occurs on the south coast of Australia and in Western Australia, where it was previously mistaken for Bursatella leachii.^[1] The adult has a distinctive humped back and all-over brown hairy projections, finer than those in B. leachii, but juveniles of the two species are easily confused. Its range apparently overlaps with B. leachii in central Victoria.^[1]