Home Acknowledgments Conventions Glossary Maps References Links Articles Thumbnails Species list Suborder Next family	Phyllidiidae The family Phyllidiidae includes dorids with tough, rubbery bodies and gill leaflets located ventrally between the mantle and the foot. Phyllidiids are suctorial sponge feeders that retain poisonous chemical compounds, derived from their sponge prey, for use in their own defense. Most are diurnally active and possess aposematic coloration advertising their toxicity. There are about 14 species known from Hawaii in four genera (Ceratophyllidia, Phyllidia, Phyllidiella and Phyllidiopsis). Ceratophyllidia sp. #1 Phyllidia exquisita Phyllidia cf. larryi Phyllidia polkadotsa Phyllidia scottjohnsoni Phyllidia varicosa Phyllidia sp. #1 Phyllidiella pustulosa Phyllidiella rosans Phyllidiopsis cardinalis Phyllidiopsis fissuratus Phyllidiopsis loricata Phyllidiopsis sphingis un. sp. #1
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