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Painted thecacera
Thecacera picta
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 527538, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Painted thecacera
- Scientific
- Thecacera picta
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea slugs
- Maximum size
- Up to about 1 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic)
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A polycerid nudibranch. Its relatives feed on bryozoans (moss animals), and species are told apart by colour pattern. Its rhinophores are shielded by curved sheaths.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=2); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=25, 6 observers); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Thecacera-picta.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527538
- inaturalist.org /taxa/468030
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Thecacera_Nick_Hobgood.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.