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Spotted hypselodoris
Hypselodoris maculosa
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 209597, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Spotted hypselodoris
- Scientific
- Hypselodoris maculosa
- 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 cream body, four white lines along the back with rows of dark purple spots between them, and a brown mantle margin partly edged in white. The front and rear of the mantle are pale purple with white and dark spots. It feeds on sponges on reefs.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=5); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=23, 9 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Hypselodoris-maculosa.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=209597
- inaturalist.org /taxa/143297
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Hypselodoris_maculosa.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.