Kauaʻi record · KCA-MOL-00001
Plicate Ark
Acar plicata
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About Plicate Ark
Bishop Museum Technical Report 29a records the taxon at Kauai stations Ka1, Ka2 and Ka4; later observations corroborate persistence.
MolluscaBase/WoRMS Aphia 215258 accepts Acar plicata; the report's Barbatia divaricata usage is bridged by the original combination/author-date treatment.
The 2002-2003 survey sampled harbors and nearby coral reefs; supplied observations are shallow coastal.
Bishop Museum Technical Report 29a provides an authoritative dated Kauai nearshore station record from 2002-2003, verifying historical occurrence. It predates the locked 2016-10-01 current-status cutoff and no newer authoritative evidence was inspected.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Acar plicata
- Common names
- Plicate Ark
- Other names
- Acar plicata · Barbatia divaricata
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- historical; authoritative Kauai survey evidence from 2002-2003; no qualifying evidence on/after 2016-10-01
- Origin
- Origin not inferred from occurrence census
- Conservation status
- Not assessed
- Evidence limits
- Occurrence category and evidence are source-bounded. Abundance, trend, and living status are not inferred beyond the reviewed evidence.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Marine reef and nearshore
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- Acar plicata is included in the verified Kauaʻi mollusk census. Bishop Museum Technical Report 29a provides an authoritative dated Kauai nearshore station record from 2002-2003, verifying historical occurrence. It predates the locked 2016-10-01 current-status cutoff and no newer authoritative evidence was inspected.