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Facelinidae

The family Facelinidae includes many of the larger Hawaiian aeolids. The body is usually elongate and the cerata are usually arranged in rows or arches. Most species feed on hydroids. However, the genus Favorinus specializes in eating the eggs of other opisthobranchs and the genus Phyllodesmium eats octocorals. Most species retain the nematocysts from their food in cnidosacs at the tips of their cerata and many also retain functional zooxanthellae, derived from their food, in specialized branches of the digestive gland. There are about 38 Hawaiian species in at least 15 genera (Antonietta, Caloria, Cratena, Facelina, Facelinella, Favorinus, Glaucus, Godiva, Herviella, Noumeaella, Phyllodesmium, Pleurolidia, Pruvotfolia, Pteraeolidia and Sakuraeolis). The family was recently revised to include the families Cratenidae, Glaucidae and Pteraeolididae.

Antonietta cf. janthina

Caloria indica

Caloria militaris

Caloria
sp. #1





Caloria
sp. #2

Caloria
sp. #3

Caloria
sp. #4

Cratena
sp. #1





Facelina sp. #2

Facelina
sp. #3

Facelina sp. #4

Facelinella semidecora





Favorinus japonicus

Favorinus
mirabilis

Favorinus
sp. #1

Favorinus
sp. #2





Glaucus atlanticus

Glaucus mcfarlanei

Godiva
sp. #1

Herviella mietta





Noumeaella
isa

Noumeaella rehderi

Phyllodesmium poindimiei

Phyllodesmium undulatum





Phyllodesmium sp. #1

Phyllodesmium
sp. #2

Phyllodesmium
sp. #3

Pleurolidia juliae





Pruvotfolia sp.

Pteraeolidia semperi

Sakuraeolis sp. #1

un. sp. #2





un. sp. #3

un. sp. #7

un. sp. #8

un, sp. #9





un, sp. #10

un. sp. #21


 
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