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Black stripped hypselodoris
Hypselodoris nigrostriata
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 209600, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Black stripped hypselodoris
- Scientific
- Hypselodoris nigrostriata
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea slugs
- Maximum size
- Up to about 4 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic)
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A chromodorid nudibranch with a yellow body covered in fine black lines, and orange-red gills and rhinophores. It grows to about 4 cm and feeds on blue Dysidea sponges.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=14, 2 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Hypselodoris-nigrostriata.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=209600
- inaturalist.org /taxa/418388
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Nudi_branch.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.