Facelina annulicornis

Facelina annulicornis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia clade Dexiarchia clade Cladobranchia clade Aeolidida
Superfamily:	Aeolidioidea
Family:	Facelinidae
Subfamily:	Facelininae
Genus:	Facelina
Species:	F. annulicornis
Binomial name
Facelina annulicornis (Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821)[1]

Facelina annulicornis is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.^[2]

Distribution

This species has been reported from County Donegal, Ireland south to Portugal and the Mediterranean Sea.^[3]

Ecology

Facelina annulicornis is a predator of the hydroid Halecium halecium and probably other hydroids and possibly other aeolid nudibranchs.^[4]

References

1. De Chamisso, Adelbertus, & Carolus Guilelmus Eysenhardt 1821. De animalibus quibusdam e classe vermium Linneana in circumnavigatione terrae, auspicante Comite N. Romanzoff, duce Ottone de Kotzebue, annis 1815-1818. Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosum Halis Saxonum, Verhandlungen der Kaiserlichen Leopoldinisch-Carolinischen Deutschen Akademie der Naturforscher 10(2):345-374, pls. 24-33.
2. Gofas, S. (2014). Facelina annulicornis (Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02
3. Rudman, W.B., 2000 (July 18) Facelina annulicornis (Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
4. Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C., 2010. Facelina annulicornis (Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821).[In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland.