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Gold-dotted chelidonura
Mariaglaja tsurugensis
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 1251040, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Gold-dotted chelidonura
- Scientific
- Mariaglaja tsurugensis
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea slugs
- Maximum size
- Up to about 2 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 0 to 1 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A headshield slug, which ploughs through sand with a shield-like head and hunts other small animals.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=2); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=6, 3 observers); literature records via OBIS; SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Mariaglaja-tsurugensis.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1251040
- inaturalist.org /taxa/823951
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Mariaglaja_tsurugensis_507319599.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.