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Bicolor nudibranch
Samla bicolor
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 766653, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Bicolor nudibranch
- Scientific
- Samla bicolor
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea slugs
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A small aeolid nudibranch, up to about 2 cm, with a translucent body, an orange band near the tip of each ceras and rhinophore, and white tips to the oral tentacles. It feeds on hydroids.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=2); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=13, 4 observers).
Sources
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=766653
- inaturalist.org /taxa/696622
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Flabellina_bicolor_(6847601073).jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.