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Faithful sea slug
Goniobranchus fidelis
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 597334, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Faithful sea slug
- Scientific
- Goniobranchus fidelis
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea slugs
- Maximum size
- Up to about 4 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 6 to 30 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A chromodorid nudibranch with a creamy-white centre to the back, scalloped at the edges, surrounded by a wide orange to red mantle margin, with a burgundy line where the two colours meet. It grows to about 2.5 cm and feeds on sponges on reefs.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=6); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=44, 14 observers); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Goniobranchus-fidelis.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597334
- inaturalist.org /taxa/469421
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Chromodoris_fidelis.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.