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Description
Sakuraeolis is a genus of aeolid nudibranchs in the family Facelinidae. The best-known species, S. enosimensis, is native to the northwest Pacific (Japan, Korea, China, Hong Kong) and has been introduced to San Francisco Bay. It lives on fouled structures such as floats and pier pilings and feeds mainly on hydroids such as Ectopleura crocea.
Identification
In S. enosimensis the body is long and slender, translucent yellow to orange-brown, with white-tipped rhinophores and cerata, white lines along the oral tentacles and tail, and opaque white spots on the head and cerata. The rhinophores are smooth and tapering and the oral tentacles are long. This description applies to the best-known species; the sources do not give a general external diagnosis for the whole genus.
Species in this genus (1)
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