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Red-lined jorunna
Jorunna rubescens
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 534389, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Red-lined jorunna
- Scientific
- Jorunna rubescens
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea slugs
- Maximum size
- Up to about 17 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 0 to 18 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A large, pale orange-brown nudibranch with fine lines along its back and dark rhinophores. It feeds on sponges on reefs.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=30, 11 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Jorunna-rubescens.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=534389
- inaturalist.org /taxa/467976
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Jorunna_rubescens.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.