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Mosaic pleurobranch
Pleurobranchus albiguttatus
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 599473, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Mosaic pleurobranch
- Scientific
- Pleurobranchus albiguttatus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea slugs
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic)
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A side-gilled slug, with its single gill along the right side of the body. Its relatives hunt sea squirts, mostly at night.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=1); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=3, 2 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Pleurobranchus-albiguttatus.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599473
- inaturalist.org /taxa/123405
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Pleurobranchus_albiguttatus.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.