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Tenellia melanobrachia (Bergh, 1874)

feeding
shows three animals
feeding on Tubastraea coccinea
(white coralites have had their
tissue removed by the aeolids)
Photo: John
Hoover: Pupukea, Oahu: summer, 1997.
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feeding, detail
shows animal
feeding on Tubastraea coccinea
(the two white coralites have had their
tissue largely removed but retain patches of their marginal tentacles)
Photo: Marketa Murray: Puako, Big Island; Sept. 22, 2020.
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feeding on interior of polyp
shows cluster of young animals feeding on interior of polyp
Photo: Shera Chee Mercer: North Shore, Oahu; July 3, 2022.
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