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Nautical phyllidia
Phyllidia marindica
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 536579, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Nautical phyllidia
- Scientific
- Phyllidia marindica
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea slugs
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A phyllidiid nudibranch: a firm, oval slug with a tough, knobbly back and its gills hidden underneath. Phyllidiids feed on sponges and carry distasteful chemicals taken from them, so they crawl openly by day. Several species look alike and are told apart by the pattern of ridges, knobs and colour.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=5); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=25, 11 observers); literature records via OBIS.
Sources
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536579
- inaturalist.org /taxa/359749
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Babosa_de_mar_(Phyllidia_marindica),_Mauricio,_2025-09-24,_
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.