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Yellow noumea
Diversidoris flava
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 597312, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Yellow noumea
- Scientific
- Diversidoris flava
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea slugs
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic)
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A small chromodorid nudibranch with a bright yellow body and a thin red to purple edge to its mantle. It feeds on sponges on reefs.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=1); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=4, 2 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Diversidoris-flava.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597312
- inaturalist.org /taxa/505625
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Noumea_flava.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.