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Lined seahare
Stylocheilus striatus
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 224662, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Lined seahare
- Scientific
- Stylocheilus striatus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea slugs
- Family
- Aplysiidae (sea hares)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 6.5 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 2 to 8 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
The lined seahare is a small sea hare with a pale body marked with fine dark lines and small blue spots. It feeds on cyanobacteria and can occur in large numbers.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=5); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=34, 8 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Stylocheilus-striatus.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224662
- inaturalist.org /taxa/48654
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Stylocheilus_striatus.JPG
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.