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Elysia sap-sucking slug (no English common name)
Elysia marginata
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 765107, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Elysia sap-sucking slug (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Elysia marginata
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea slugs
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic)
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A sap-sucking sea slug: a green slug with flared side flaps edged in black and orange. It eats algae and keeps the algae's chloroplasts alive in its body to make food from sunlight.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=2); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=36, 3 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Elysia-marginata.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=765107
- inaturalist.org /taxa/546397
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Elysia_marginata_(27155618073).jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.