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Goniobranchus nudibranch (no English common name)
Goniobranchus setoensis
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 597372, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Goniobranchus nudibranch (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Goniobranchus setoensis
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea slugs
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic)
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A small chromodorid nudibranch with a translucent white body, opaque white lines, rows of purple spots and an orange-red margin. It feeds on sponges.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=8); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=5, 4 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Goniobranchus-setoensis.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597372
- inaturalist.org /taxa/349044
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Chromodoris_decora_(8227833333).jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.