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Egg-eating nudibranch
Favorinus japonicus
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 599288, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Egg-eating nudibranch
- Scientific
- Favorinus japonicus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea slugs
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic)
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A small aeolid nudibranch with a translucent body and cerata. It feeds on the eggs of other sea slugs.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=3); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=21, 2 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Favorinus-japonicus.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599288
- inaturalist.org /taxa/120967
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Favorinus_japonicus,_Lizard.jpeg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.