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Updated 5/6/2022

Family Facelinidae

(Inclduding Aeolidiidae, Pleurolidiidae)

These slugs have rhinophores with numerous rings or collars and a pair of oral tentacles.  Most feed upon hydroids, but some specialize on other cnidarians, algae, or sea slug eggs.

 

HAWAII - ENDEMIC

Godiva sp. 1

GODIVA

 

Phyllodesmium sp. 3 

NI'IHAU NUDIBRANCH

Facelina sp.4

 

 

CIRCUMTROPICAL / HAWAII

Glaucus atlanticus

MAN-OF-WAR NUDIBRANCH

 

 

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Caloria indica

INDIAN NUDIBRANCH

 

Caloria sp. 3

CALORIA

Caloria sp. 4

CALORIA

 

Caloria militaris

ORANGE-LINED NUDIBRANCH

 

Caloria sp. 2

CALORIA

 

Pteraeolidia semperi

BLUE DRAGON NUDIBRANCH

 

Facelinid sp. 1

 

Facelinid sp. 8

Phyllodesmium poindimiei

 PHYLLODESMIUM

 

Phyllodesmium sp. 1

 WHITETIP PHYLLODESMIUM

Favorinus japonicus

EGG-EATING NUDIBRANCH

 

Noumeaella rehderi

REHDER'S NUDIBRANCH

Pleurolidia juliae

JULIA'S HYDROID NUDIBRANCH

 

 

INDO-PACIFIC

Phyllodesmium longicirrum

LONG PHYLLODESMIUM

Phyllodesmium hyalinum

TRANSLUCENT PHYLLODESMIUM

 

Phyllodesmium briareum

YELLOWTIP PHYLLODESMIUM

 

Favorinus tsuruganus

TSURUGA NUDIBRANCH

 

Phyllodesmium serratum

SERRATED PHYLLODESMIUM

 

Phyllodesmium undulatum

UNDULATED PHYLLODESMIUM

Protaeolidiella atra

SOLANDERIA NUDIBRANCH

 


EAST ASIA

Sakuraeolis enosimensis

ENOSHIMA NUDIBRANCH

 

Facelinid sp. 2

UNDESCRIBED SPECIES


WESTERN ATLANTIC

Dondice occidentalis

OCCIDENTAL NUDIBRANCH