Home Acknowledgments Conventions Glossary Maps References Links Articles Thumbnails Species list Suborder Next family	Fionidae The family Fionidae contains mostly tiny species with patchy distributions. For that reason, many are seldom seen and poorly known even though some of them are among the most colorful aeolids. Most feed on hydroids and store nematocysts in cnidosacs at the tips of their cerata. However, some  feed on scleractinian corals and do not have cnidosacs. Many species also secrete defensive chemicals from glands in their cerata. This is particularly prominent where it may compensate for the lack of nematocysts. There are about 44 species known from Hawaii in at least four genera (Abronica, Eubranchus, Fiona, and Tenellia). The family was recently revised to include the families Tergipedidae  and  Eubranchidae (Cella, et. al., 2016). We've tentatively assigned undescribed and insufficiently studied Cuthona spp. to Tenellia as per Cella, et. al., 2016. Abronica sp. #4 Eubranchus mandapamensis Eubranchus sp. #1 Eubranchus sp. #2 Eubranchus sp. #3 Eubranchus sp. #4 Eubranchus sp. #5 Eubranchus sp. #6 Eubranchus sp. #8 Fiona pinnata Tenellia acinosa Tenellia diminutiva Tenellia lugubris Tenellia melanobrachia Tenellia cf. minor Tenellia ornata Tenellia perca Tenellia pinnifera Tenellia poritophages Tenellia sp. #1 Tenellia sp. #2 Tenellia sp. #5 Tenellia sp. #6 Tenellia sp. #7 Tenellia sp. #8 Tenellia sp. #9 Tenellia sp. #10 Tenellia sp. #11 Tenellia sp. #12 Tenellia sp. #13 Tenellia sp. #15 Tenellia sp. #16 Tenellia sp. #19 Tenellia sp. #20 Tenellia sp. #21 Tenellia sp. #22 Tenellia sp. #23 Tenellia sp. #24 Tenellia sp. #25 Tenellia sp. #26 Tenellia sp. #27 Tenellia sp. #28 Tenellia sp. #29 Tenellia sp. #30
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