Description ²

Ground color yellowish-white, usually with a few small, dark brown to black flecks on dorsum. Cerata in 5-6 groups of 1-2 cerata each; translucent yellowish-white, occasionally tipped with orange and occasionally with a pale, powder blue hue distally; cores light yellowish to yellowish-brown. Oral tentacles as such absent, in their place a frontal veil which extends slightly laterally beyond body. Rhinophores smooth, translucent greyish-white.

Size ²

Up to about 7mm in length.

Geographic Range ²

Coos Bay, OR to Long Beach Harbor, CA; Europe; Japan; Brazil; east coast of North America.

Notes ²

Found in the intertidal and subtidal to 8 meters, usually in bays and estuaries on floating docks and pilings. Preys on various hydroids: Bougainvillia muscoides, Cordylohora spp., Gonothyraea loveni, Laomedia spp., Obelia spp., Perigonimus megas, Podocoryne sp., Protohydra leuckarti, and Psammohydra sp.

References ²

CELLA, K., L. CARMONA, I. EKIMOVA, A. CHICHVARKHIN, D. SCHEPETOV, & T. M. GOSLINER. 2016. A radical solution: the phylogeny of the nudibranch family Fionidae. PLoS ONE 11(12):e0167800. PDF
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF MARINE INVERTEBRATE TAXONOMISTS. 2018. A taxonomic listing of benthic macro- and megainvertebrates from infaunal & epibenthic monitoring and research programs in the southern California bight, edition 12, 1 July 2018, xviii + 167 pp. PDF

Synonyms ²

Embletonia pallida Alder & Hancock, 1854, Tenellia pallida.

Additional Info ²

WoRMS

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Gary McDonald, all rights reserved, uploaded by Gary McDonald
2. (c) Gary McDonald, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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