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Brown-edge glossodorid
Glossodoris hikuerensis
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 559949, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Brown-edge glossodorid
- Scientific
- Glossodoris hikuerensis
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea slugs
- Maximum size
- Up to about 8 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 8 to 16 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A chromodorid nudibranch with a brown to cream mantle whose wavy edge is banded in white and darker brown. 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=17, 4 observers); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Glossodoris-hikuerensis.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=559949
- inaturalist.org /taxa/469419
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Glossodoris_hikuerensis2.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.