Species Identification: Find Species

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Anetarca armata	Armed aeolid	Eastern Central Pacific	1.4 TL	1991
Anetarca brasiliana		Western Atlantic.	0.9 DL	2004
Anetarca piutaensis		Western Atlantic.	0.8 DL	2003
Antonietta luteorufa		Mediterranean Sea.		1966
Austraeolis catina		Western Atlantic	0.7 NG	1967
Austraeolis ornata	Ornate austraeolis	Indo-West Pacific	4 TL	1864
Bajaeolis bertschi	Bertsch's rainbow aeolid	Eastern Central Pacific	2 TL	1986
Caloria elegans	Pepper and salt slug	Northeast Atlantic and th		1845
Caloria indica	Indian Caloria	Indo-West Pacific and the	5 TL	1896
Cratena capensis	White-tipped nudibranch	Southeast Atlantic and We		1927
Cratena lineata	White-lined cratena	Indo-West Pacific	1.5 TL	1905
Cratena minor		Southwest Atlantic	1.7 TL	2014
Cratena pawarshindeorum		Southwest Atlantic		2020
Cratena peregrina	Tricolor nudibranch	Mediterranean Sea.		1791
Cratena pilata	Striped nudibranch	Western Atlantic.	1.5 DL	1870
Cratena poshitraensis		Western Atlantic.		2020
Cratena simba	Simba Cratena	Western Indian Ocean		1970
Dicata odhneri		Northeast Atlantic and th		1967
Dondice banyulensis	Orange godiva	Mediterranean Sea.		1960
Dondice occidentalis	Western Dondice	Western Atlantic.	5 NG	1925
Dondice parguerensis		Western Atlantic.	4.8 DL	1985
Echinopsole breviceratae		Eastern Indian Ocean		1962
Emarcusia morroensis	Morro Bay aeolid	Eastern Pacific.	1.4 TL	1972
Facelina agari		Western Atlantic.		1910
Facelina annulicornis		Mediterranean Sea.		1821
Facelina auriculata		Northeast Atlantic and th		1806
Facelina bostoniensis	Boston facelina	Atlantic Ocean and the Me	3.9 TL	1838
Facelina coenda		Atlantic Ocean.	2.5 DL	1958
Facelina dubia		Northeast Atlantic and th		1949
Facelina fusca		Mediterranean Sea.		1966
Facelina goslingii		Western Atlantic.	4.5 DL	1901
Facelina hartleyi		Eastern Indian Ocean		1962
Facelina newcombi		Indo-West Pacific		1864
Facelina olivacea		Southeast Atlantic and We		1954
Facelina quatrefagesi		Mediterranean Sea.		1888
Facelina rhodopos		Western Central Pacific		1949
Facelina rubrovittata		Mediterranean Sea.		1866
Facelina rutila		Mediterranean Sea.		1951
Facelina schwobi		Mediterranean Sea.		1923
Facelina stearnsi	Scarlet-tip aeolis	Eastern Pacific.	2.4 TL	1901
Facelinopsis marioni		Mediterranean Sea.		1888
Favorinus auritulus		Western Atlantic	1.3 DL	1955
Favorinus blianus		Northeast Atlantic		1974
Favorinus branchialis		Atlantic Ocean and the Me		1806
Favorinus elenalexiarum	Elena and Alexa's aeolid	Eastern Pacific.	1 TL	2001
Favorinus ghanensis		Western Indian Ocean		1968
Favorinus japonicus	Japanese favorinus	Indo-Pacific.		1949
Favorinus mirabilis		Central Pacific		1955
Favorinus pannuceus		Eastern Indian Ocean		1962
Favorinus tsuruganus	Tsuruga Bay favorinus	Western Central Pacific		1964
Favorinus vitreus		Mediterranean Sea.		1982
Filurus dubius		Western Atlantic.	1.7 DL	1843
Godiva quadricolor	Four-colour nudibranch	Eastern Atlantic and Indi	3 TL	1927
Godiva rubrolineata		Western Atlantic.	2.1 DL	1964
Hermissenda crassicornis	Hermissenda	Pacific Ocean and the Arc	7 TL	1831
Hermosita hakunamatata	Hakunamatata's aeolid	Eastern Central Pacific.	2.2 TL	2003
Hermosita sangria	Wine red aeolid	Eastern Central Pacific	7 TL	1986
Jason mirabilis	Jason's nudibranch	Southwest Pacific	5.5 TL	1974
Learchis poica		Western Atlantic	2.5 DL	1960
Nanuca sebastiani		Western Atlantic.	1.2 DL	1957
Noumeaella kristenseni		Western Atlantic.	1.6 DL	1963
Noumeaella rubrofasciata	Red-headed aeolid	Eastern Pacific.	0.8 TL	1991
Palisa kristenseni		Western Atlantic		1963
Palisa papillata		Western Atlantic.	1.6 DL	1964
Pauleo jubatus	Lion mane aeolid	Western Central Atlantic.	4.6 NG	1992
Phidiana anulifera		Indo-West Pacific		1949
Phidiana hiltoni	Pugnaceous aeolis	Eastern Pacific.	5 TL	1927
Phidiana lascrucensis	Las cruces aeolid	Eastern Central Pacific	2.5 TL	1974
Phidiana lottini	Flameback	Southeast Pacific		1831
Phidiana lynceus		Eastern Pacific, Western	4.5 DL	1867
Phidiana militaris	Military phidiana	Indo-West Pacific and the	3 TL	1864
Phidiana patagonica		Southeast Pacific and Sou	4 DL	1836
Phidiana pegasus		Southwest Pacific		1987
Phidiana pugnax		Eastern Central Pacific		1962
Phidiana riosi		Western Atlantic.	1.8 DL	2003
Pruvotfolia pselliotes		Eastern Atlantic , Wester		1923
Pteraeolidia ianthina	Blue dragon nudibranch	Indo-Pacific	15 TL	1864
Sakuraeolis arcana		Indo-Pacific		2021
Sakuraeolis enosimensis	White-tentacle Japanese aeolis	Pacific Ocean.	4 TL	1930
Sakuraeolis nungunoides		Western Central Pacific		1980

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Species Identification: Find Species

Family: Facelinidae (See list of species below)

Family: Facelinidae

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