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Tenellia melanobrachia (Bergh, 1874)
 
Tenellia melanobrachia: feeding
 
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.

Tenellia melanobrachia: feeding, detail
 
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.

Tenellia melanobrachia: feeding on interior of polyp
 
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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