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Olive dorid
Tambja olivaria
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 531196, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Olive dorid
- Scientific
- Tambja olivaria
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea slugs
- Maximum size
- Up to about 6 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic)
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A nudibranch with an olive to dark green body and blue lines. It feeds on bryozoans.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=10, 4 observers); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Tambja-olivaria.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531196
- inaturalist.org /taxa/504449
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Tambja_olivaria.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.