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Sap-sucking slug
Thuridilla vataae
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 494507, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Sap-sucking slug
- Scientific
- Thuridilla vataae
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea slugs
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 1 to 1 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A small, slender sap-sucking sea slug, about 2 cm long, with a purplish head marked by a white Y and white, orange-tipped rhinophores. Its side flaps are bluish-violet to dark grey with cream-yellow patches and black rings. It feeds on algae.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=2); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=8, 5 observers); literature records via OBIS.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Thuridilla-vataae.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=494507
- inaturalist.org /taxa/627674
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Thuridilla_vataae.JPG
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.