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Pallid glossodoris
Glossodoris pallida
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 527355, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Pallid glossodoris
- Scientific
- Glossodoris pallida
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea slugs
- Maximum size
- Up to about 3.5 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic)
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A small, white chromodorid nudibranch with a thin yellow edge to its mantle and white gills. 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=61, 7 observers); literature records via OBIS.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Glossodoris-pallida.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527355
- inaturalist.org /taxa/778449
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:B12_4409_Glossodoris_pallida_Kenya.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.