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Thuridilla sap-sucking slug (no English common name)
Thuridilla bayeri
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 494489, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Thuridilla sap-sucking slug (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Thuridilla bayeri
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea slugs
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic)
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A sap-sucking sea slug that feeds on algae; some of its relatives keep the algae's chloroplasts working inside their bodies.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=7); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=18, 10 observers); literature records via OBIS; SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Thuridilla-bayeri.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=494489
- inaturalist.org /taxa/418334
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Pacific_nudibranch.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.