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Gloomy nudibranch
Tambja morosa
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 531173, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Gloomy nudibranch
- Scientific
- Tambja morosa
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea slugs
- Maximum size
- Up to about 7 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 1 to 4 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A firm, dark blue to black nudibranch with a thin blue edge. It feeds on bryozoans on reefs.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=19, 10 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Tambja-morosa.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531173
- inaturalist.org /taxa/120948
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Tambja_morosa_1.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.