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Desirable flabellina
Coryphellina exoptata
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 1047492, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Desirable flabellina
- Scientific
- Coryphellina exoptata
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea slugs
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A slender aeolid nudibranch with a purple body and orange-tipped cerata, often with a white band. It feeds on hydroids on reefs.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=2); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=37, 9 observers).
Sources
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1047492
- inaturalist.org /taxa/871903
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Coryphellina_exoptata_(14393356685).jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.