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Flabellina pedata

Montagu, 1815

Facellina

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Latin name :	Flabellina pedata (Montagu, 1815)
Synonyms :	Coryphella pedata Coryphella landsburgii
Classification :	Nudibranchia [ Cuvier, 1817 ] ( Sea slugs )

Name :	Facellina
Name :	Facellina

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Main identification characters

Grows to about 50mm long. The body, oral tentacles and rhinophores are purple, and the tentacles and cerata are tipped with white. The colour of the digestive gland (and therefore the cerata) varies from red to pink, to violet and to orange. The rhinophores have a distinctly wrinkled surface.

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Feed

Adults are usually found on their hydroid food Eudendrium ramosum but juveniles have been reported on a number on a number of species of smaller calyptoblastic hydroids.

Cycle of life / Reproduction

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Copulation à partir de Mai. Pontes en Juillet-Aout. Juvéniles de 3 mm présents à partir de mi-Juillet.

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