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Tenellia poritophages (Rudman, 1979)

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Identification:
This is a small, cream animal frosted with brown on its notum. Its
cerata have brown cores and faint white rings.
Natural history:
We haven't seen Tenellia poritophages on Maui but
Larry Harris has recorded it from the Big Island. It's a nocturnal Tenellia that feeds on corals of the
genus Porites rather than
hydroids.
Distribution:
Big Island: widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific.
Taxonomic notes:
It was first recorded in Hawaii from the Kona Coast of the Big Island by Larry
Harris and is listed as Cuthona poritophages in many sources.
Photo: Larry
Harris.
Observations and comments:
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