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Psychedelic batwing slug
Sagaminopteron psychedelicum
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 599450, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Psychedelic batwing slug
- Scientific
- Sagaminopteron psychedelicum
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea slugs
- Maximum size
- Up to about 2 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 1 to 25 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A small bat-wing slug with a bright orange to purple body and wing-like side flaps. It feeds on sponges.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=23, 4 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Sagaminopteron-psychedelicum.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599450
- inaturalist.org /taxa/332450
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Psychedelic_batwing_slug_(Sagaminopteron_psychedelicum)_(27
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.