Kauaʻi record · KCA-CR-000146
Talitroides topitotum
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About Talitroides topitotum
Talitroides topitotum is an amphipod crustacean in the family Talitridae. Published sources characterize its origin status as introduced/adventive. Published Kauaʻi evidence documents the species from Kauaʻi cave habitat. Evidence types include published cave record. These records establish a documented Kauaʻi occurrence but are not automatically interpreted as a present-day abundance estimate. The documented Kauaʻi habitat context includes terrestrial / cave-associated. For current-status context, historical Kauaʻi cave occurrence; current persistence not reassessed. 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
- Talitroides topitotum
- Other names
- Talitroides topitotum · crustacean · crustaceans
- Family
- Brevitalitridae
- Order
- Amphipoda
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- confirmed by published Kauaʻi occurrence evidence
- Origin
- introduced/adventive
- Conservation status
- Not assessed
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- Talitroides topitotum (Talitroides topitotum) is a confirmed Kauaʻi crustacean species documented from Kauaʻi cave habitat. The occurrence is retained with its source date and status so historical evidence is not presented as a current population estimate.