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Goniobranchus nudibranch (no English common name)
Goniobranchus tritos
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 597376, checked 2026-10-31). Recorded in Maldives sources as Chromodoris tritos.
- English
- Goniobranchus nudibranch (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Goniobranchus tritos
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea slugs
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A chromodorid nudibranch with a cream mantle covered in round black spots, each ringed in white, a broad lilac-grey band around the edge and a thin white rim. It grows to about 5 cm and feeds on sponges on reefs.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=4); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=30, 16 observers); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.
Sources
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597376
- inaturalist.org /taxa/504305
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Chromodoris_tritos02.JPG
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.