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Gardiner's headshield slug
Tubulophilinopsis gardineri
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 1055265, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Gardiner's headshield slug
- Scientific
- Tubulophilinopsis gardineri
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea slugs
- Maximum size
- Up to about 4 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic)
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A headshield slug with a black body and orange to yellow edges. It hunts other slugs on sand.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=7, 3 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Tubulophilinopsis-gardineri.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1055265
- inaturalist.org /taxa/823908
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Tubulophilinopsis_gardineri_575351648.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.