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Slender roboastra
Roboastra gracilis
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 531059, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Slender roboastra
- Scientific
- Roboastra gracilis
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea slugs
- Maximum size
- Up to about 3 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 1 to 5 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A slender nudibranch with a dark body and pale or orange lines. It hunts other nudibranchs.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=10); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=15, 4 observers); literature records via OBIS.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Roboastra-gracilis.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531059
- inaturalist.org /taxa/120982
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Roboastra_gracilis.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.