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Forsskål's pleurobranch
Pleurobranchus forskalii
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 140819, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Forsskål's pleurobranch
- Scientific
- Pleurobranchus forskalii
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea slugs
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic)
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A large side-gilled slug with a soft, warty body, usually dark red to purple-brown with a network of pale rings or lines. It hunts sea squirts on reefs, mostly at night.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=1); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=17, 8 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Pleurobranchus-forskalii.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140819
- inaturalist.org /taxa/49904
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Pleurobranchus_forskali.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.