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Swallowtail headshield slug
Chelidonura hirundinina
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 420528, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Swallowtail headshield slug
- Scientific
- Chelidonura hirundinina
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea slugs
- Maximum size
- Up to about 2 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 1 to 12 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
The swallowtail headshield slug has a black body with blue lines and orange markings, and two tail points. It hunts flatworms on sand and rubble.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=7, 2 observers); literature records via OBIS.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Chelidonura-hirundinina.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420528
- inaturalist.org /taxa/63087
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Nudibranch_-_Chelinodura_hirundinina_17_good_3.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.