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Family: Aeolidiidae (See list of species below)

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50 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

Aeolidia papillosa [Shag-rug aeolis]	No picture found Aeolidia serotina []	No picture found Aeolidiella albopunctata []
Aeolidiella alderi []	No picture found Aeolidiella chromosoma [Colorful aeolid]	No picture found Aeolidiella drusilla [Empress anteaeolidiella]
No picture found Aeolidiella glauca []	No picture found Aeolidiella indica [Vermillion Japanese aeolis]	No picture found Aeolidiella occidentalis []
No picture found Aeolidiella olivae [Red-tentacle spurilla]	No picture found Aeolidiella rubra []	No picture found Aeolidiella sanguinea []
No picture found Aeolidiella stephanieae []	No picture found Anteaeolidiella benteva []	No picture found Anteaeolidiella indica [Indian Ocean aeolid]
No picture found Anteaeolidiella lurana []	No picture found Baeolidia affinis []	No picture found Baeolidia australis [Southern baeolidia]
No picture found Baeolidia cryoporos []	No picture found Baeolidia fusiformis []	No picture found Baeolidia major [Large baeolidia]
No picture found Baeolidia nodosa [Nodulous aeolid]	No picture found Baeolidia palythoae []	No picture found Baeolidia salaamica []
No picture found Berghia amakusana []	No picture found Berghia benteva []	No picture found Berghia chaka []
Berghia coerulescens [Anemone sea slug]	No picture found Berghia columbina []	No picture found Berghia creutzbergi []
No picture found Berghia japonica []	No picture found Berghia marcusi []	No picture found Berghia rissodominguezi []
No picture found Berghia verrucicornis []	No picture found Bulbaeolidia alba [White aeolid]	No picture found Burnaia helicochorda []
No picture found Cerberilla affinis [Likeable cerberilla]	No picture found Cerberilla albopunctata [White spotted cerberilla]	No picture found Cerberilla ambonensis []
No picture found Cerberilla asamusiensis []	No picture found Cerberilla bernadettae []	No picture found Cerberilla incola []
No picture found Cerberilla mosslandica [Brown burrowing aeolis]	No picture found Cerberilla pungoarena []	No picture found Cerberilla tanna []
No picture found Spurilla braziliana []	No picture found Spurilla macleayi [Macleay's spurilla]	No picture found Spurilla neapolitana [Naples aeolid]
No picture found Spurilla sargassicola []	No picture found Spurilla vayssierei []

50 Species of Family Aeolidiidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Aeolidia papillosa	Shag-rug aeolis	Arctic, Atlantic, Eastern	10 TL
Aeolidia serotina		Western Atlantic and East	12 DL
Aeolidiella albopunctata		Northwest Pacific
Aeolidiella alderi		Northeast Atlantic and th
Aeolidiella chromosoma	Colorful aeolid	Pacific Ocean. Climate	2.5 TL
Aeolidiella drusilla	Empress anteaeolidiella	Indo-West Pacific
Aeolidiella glauca		Northeast Atlantic
Aeolidiella indica	Vermillion Japanese aeolis	Circumtropical and the Me
Aeolidiella occidentalis		Western Central Atlantic	1.2 TL
Aeolidiella olivae	Red-tentacle spurilla	Eastern Pacific.	2.2 TL
Aeolidiella rubra		Mediterranean Sea.
Aeolidiella sanguinea		Northeast Atlantic and th
Aeolidiella stephanieae		Western Atlantic.	2 DL
Anteaeolidiella benteva		Western Atlantic.	1.9 DL
Anteaeolidiella indica	Indian Ocean aeolid	Circumtropical.	3 TL
Anteaeolidiella lurana		Western Pacific, Atlantic
Baeolidia affinis		Western Central Pacific
Baeolidia australis	Southern baeolidia	Indo-West Pacific	3.5 TL
Baeolidia cryoporos		Northeast Atlantic
Baeolidia fusiformis		Indo-West Pacific. Red S
Baeolidia major	Large baeolidia	Western Central Pacific
Baeolidia nodosa	Nodulous aeolid	Circumtropical	4 TL
Baeolidia palythoae		Western Indian Ocean
Baeolidia salaamica		Indo-Pacific
Berghia amakusana		Indo-Pacific	4 TL
Berghia benteva		Western Atlantic	1.5 TL
Berghia chaka		Western Indian Ocean
Berghia coerulescens	Anemone sea slug	Atlantic Ocean and the Me	4 TL
Berghia columbina		Mediterranean Sea.
Berghia creutzbergi		Western Atlantic.	3 DL
Berghia japonica		Northwest Pacific
Berghia marcusi		Western Atlantic.	1.66 DL
Berghia rissodominguezi		Western Atlantic.	5.2 DL
Berghia verrucicornis		Atlantic Ocean and the Me	1.8 DL
Bulbaeolidia alba	White aeolid	Indo-Pacific and Western	0.7 TL
Burnaia helicochorda		Indo-West Pacific
Cerberilla affinis	Likeable cerberilla	Indo-West Pacific	4 TL
Cerberilla albopunctata	White spotted cerberilla	Northwest Pacific
Cerberilla ambonensis		Western Pacific
Cerberilla asamusiensis		Northwest Pacific
Cerberilla bernadettae		Northeast Atlantic
Cerberilla incola		Indo-West Pacific
Cerberilla mosslandica	Brown burrowing aeolis	Eastern Pacific.	0.9 TL
Cerberilla pungoarena		Eastern Central Pacific	2.5 TL
Cerberilla tanna		Western Atlantic	2.5 DL
Spurilla braziliana		Pacific and Western Atlan
Spurilla macleayi	Macleay's spurilla	Indo-West Pacific
Spurilla neapolitana	Naples aeolid	Atlantic Ocean and the Me	7 TL
Spurilla sargassicola		Western Atlantic.	4 DL
Spurilla vayssierei		Mediterranean Sea.

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