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Jolly green giant
Miamira sinuata
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 567583, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Jolly green giant
- Scientific
- Miamira sinuata
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea slugs
- Maximum size
- Up to about 5 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic)
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A large chromodorid nudibranch with a green body, raised ridges and a wavy mantle edge with orange or yellow markings. It feeds on sponges on reefs.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=14, 3 observers); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Miamira-sinuata.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=567583
- inaturalist.org /taxa/471382
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Ceratosoma_sinuatum.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.