Facelina auriculata (Facelina auriculata)
Translucent pinkish white body with a slightly darker head. The cerata are long with red to brown glands, a blueish shine and white tips. The rhinophores are yellow and the oral tentacles have white ends.
Unassessed by the IUCN Red list, but it is a common species in the Northeast Atlantic and parts of the Mediterranean sea.
It can be found in the Northeast Atlantic from the British isles up to Norway and the Eastern part of the Mediterranean. It is usually found on hydroids or on weeds, in a depth range of 0-25 meters.
Nudibranchia are simultaneous hermaphrodites, meaning they are male and female simultaneously. They lay eggs which are deposited on a substratum where they develop and hatch into a larval stage and grow further as adults.
Up to 5cm.
They feed on several species, such as Tubularia indivisa, Obelia spp. and Laomedea flexuosa.
It closely resembles Facelina bostoniensis, but Facelina auriculata has a much more slender and elongate body type, and the rhinophores are yellow in stead of white.
