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Phyllidia nudibranch (no English common name)
Phyllidia alyta
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 599550, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Phyllidia nudibranch (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Phyllidia alyta
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea slugs
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A phyllidiid nudibranch with a grey back carrying rows of white knobs, some tipped with yellow, separated by four black stripes running along the body. Its rhinophores are yellow. It is one of the commonest nudibranchs on Maldivian reefs, where it crawls openly by day and feeds on sponges, defended by distasteful chemicals.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=21); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=122, 58 observers); literature records via OBIS.
Sources
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599550
- inaturalist.org /taxa/49737
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Phyllidia-alyta.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.