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Category:Clionidae

Clionidae

Being a mollusc of mischievous bearing and ghostly aspect, much given to rollicking in a dance at once graceful and deadly. Alongside the Limule they have grown to prominence in the wake of the great cataclysm, spreading as a plague across Abyssea. Of the little that is known about these invertebrates, their proclivity for aggression towards mankind is well-documented.

Family Information

Type:	Vorageans
Common Behavior:	A, HP (night only)
Weak against:
Strong against:	-50%
Healed by:
Common Job(s):	Black Mage
Charmable:	✗
Pankration:	✗
Aspir:	✓
Drain:	✓
Notes:	Appears as either ice-element or water-element, with appropriate visual effect.

Special Attacks

Special Abilities	Vision of Abyssea Areas
Acrid Stream: Deals water damage and inflicts Magic Defense Down.	✓
Rime Spray: Deals ice damage and inflicts a strong Frost status as well as -? To all Stats. (Only used by ice-element Ephemeral Clionidae.)	✓

Notorious Monsters in Family

Name	Spawn Information	Level	Zone	Notable Drop(s)
Halimede	Forced Spawn by trading a High-Quality Clionid Wing to the ??? located at the north-west corner of G-12.	❔	Abyssea - Tahrongi	Shriveled Wing Tiresias' Cape
Quest NMs: None Mission NMs: None Battlefield NMs: None

Monsters in Family

Name	Level	Zone
Ephemeral Clionid	❔	Abyssea - La Theine
		Abyssea - Tahrongi
		Abyssea - Konschtat
Gully Clionid	74 - 76	Abyssea - Tahrongi
Ley Clionid	74 - 80 ❔	Abyssea - Konschtat
Veld Clionid	74 - 76	Abyssea - La Theine
Desert Clionid	❔	Abyssea - Altepa
Knoll Clionid	❔	Abyssea - Grauberg
Range Clionid	❔	Abyssea - Uleguerand
Eschan Clionid	115 - 119	Escha - Ru'Aun

Historical Background

The clionidae in Final Fantasy XI are based on the animal known as a clione, but they are named (likely accidentally) after a family of sponges.

Clionidae (singular form: clione; plural/scientific name: Clionidae) are a family of mollusks known as sea angels, which are floating sea slugs. They have transparent, gelatinous bodies and propel themselves through the waters of the ocean with "wings" (actually flaps). Small creatures, they rarely get over 2" (5cm) in length. They tend to be found in the cold waters of the Arctic and Southern Oceans, as well as the northern parts of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

Another type of animal known as Clionidae (singular form: clionid; plural form: clionids; scientific name: Clionaidae or Clionidae) are a family of massive sponges.

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