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Blunt-end seahare
Dolabella auricularia
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 208629, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Blunt-end seahare
- Scientific
- Dolabella auricularia
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea slugs
- Family
- Aplysiidae (sea hares)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 50 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 2 to 71 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
The blunt-end seahare is a large sea hare with a flattened, slanted back end. It grazes algae on shallow sand and seagrass.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=5); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=5, 4 observers); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Dolabella-auricularia.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208629
- inaturalist.org /taxa/49860
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Sea_hare_DSC01663.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.