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Emma's hypselodoris
Hypselodoris emma
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 209596, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Emma's hypselodoris
- Scientific
- Hypselodoris emma
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea slugs
- Maximum size
- Up to about 3 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic)
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A chromodorid nudibranch with a pale yellow body, a purplish-blue mantle edge and foot, purple lines along the back and reddish-brown gills and rhinophores. It grows to about 4 cm and feeds on Dysidea sponges. Several Hypselodoris look very similar.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=2); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=14, 4 observers); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Hypselodoris-emma.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=209596
- inaturalist.org /taxa/319379
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Babosa_de_mar_(Hypselodoris_emma),_Anilao,_Filipinas,_2023-
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.