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Marten's sidegill slug
Tomoberthella martensi
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 1720806, checked 2026-10-31). Recorded in Maldives sources as Berthella martensi.
- English
- Marten's sidegill slug
- Scientific
- Tomoberthella martensi
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea slugs
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A side-gilled slug, with its single gill along the right side of the body, mostly active at night.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=4); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=9, 4 observers); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.
Sources
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1720806
- inaturalist.org /taxa/1532043
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Tomoberthella_martensi_(Pilsbry,_1896).jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.