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Gem sea slug
Goniobranchus geminus
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 597335, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Gem sea slug
- Scientific
- Goniobranchus geminus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea slugs
- Maximum size
- Up to about 6 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 13 to 16 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A chromodorid nudibranch, one of a large group of brightly coloured sea slugs that feed on sponges and take distasteful chemicals from them. Species are told apart mainly by their colour patterns, and several look very alike.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=1); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=19, 10 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Goniobranchus-geminus.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597335
- inaturalist.org /taxa/502350
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Chromodoris_geminus.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.