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Hypselodoris nudibranch (no English common name)
Hypselodoris lacuna
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 1297846, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Hypselodoris nudibranch (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Hypselodoris lacuna
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea slugs
- 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=3, 2 observers).
Sources
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1297846
- inaturalist.org /taxa/781217
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:B179136_Hypselodoris_lacuna.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.