Kauaʻi record · KCA-CR-000050
Gnorimosphaeroma rayi
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About Gnorimosphaeroma rayi
Gnorimosphaeroma rayi is an isopod crustacean in the family Sphaeromatidae. Its current scientific name is cited as Gnorimosphaeroma rayi Hoestlandt, 1969. Published sources characterize its origin status as introduced. Published Kauaʻi evidence documents the species from Kauaʻi aquatic systems. Evidence types include island checklist. These records establish a documented Kauaʻi occurrence but are not automatically interpreted as a present-day abundance estimate. The documented Kauaʻi habitat context includes freshwater / brackish aquatic. Current island persistence, abundance, and population trend were not established by the occurrence material used for this record. The available Kauaʻi evidence does not support adding island-specific claims about diet, reproduction, behavior, population size, or trend unless those points are stated in the cited sources, so they are not inferred here. Keeping the accepted taxonomic concept together with the dated occurrence evidence allows later surveys to distinguish historical documentation from contemporary status.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Gnorimosphaeroma rayi
- Other names
- Gnorimosphaeroma rayi · crustacean · crustaceans
- Family
- Sphaeromatidae
- Order
- Isopoda
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- confirmed by published Kauaʻi occurrence evidence
- Origin
- introduced
- Conservation status
- Not assessed
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- Gnorimosphaeroma rayi (Gnorimosphaeroma rayi) is a confirmed Kauaʻi crustacean species documented from Kauaʻi aquatic systems. The occurrence is retained with its source date and status so historical evidence is not presented as a current population estimate.