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Tsuruga bay favorinus
Favorinus tsuruganus
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 599253, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Tsuruga bay favorinus
- Scientific
- Favorinus tsuruganus
- 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, up to about 2.5 cm, with an opaque white back, a yellow patch on the head, black rhinophores with collar-like swellings, and cerata with black tips. It feeds on the eggs of other sea slugs.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=20, 4 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Favorinus-tsuruganus.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599253
- inaturalist.org /taxa/389587
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Favorinus_tsuruganus_(10.11646-zootaxa.4359.1.1)_Figure_35_
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.