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Flabellinidae
Flabellinidae is a family of aeolid nudibranchs (superfamily Aeolidioidea). After a 2017 molecular revision by Korshunova and colleagues, the old broad family was split into several (including Coryphellidae, Samlidae and Paracoryphellidae), and Flabellinidae in the strict sense now includes genera such as Flabellina, Edmundsella, Calmella, Coryphellina, Carronella and Paraflabellina. Members live in temperate and tropical seas worldwide, including the Mediterranean, mostly on rocky bottoms and reefs where hydroids are abundant. They feed on hydroids and are active, fast-moving animals.
Slender, elongate aeolids with very long oral tentacles and numerous slender cerata arranged in clusters along the back, the clusters often borne on raised stalks. The digestive gland is visible through the cerata, often coloured, and the tips are frequently white or banded. Colours are often striking violet, pink or orange; the clusters on raised stalks help separate them from Facelinidae.
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