Kauaʻi Conservation Atlas

Kauaʻi record · KCA-MOL-00026

Divided caecum

Caecum sepimentum

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Divided caecum — source-informed Atlas ecological reconstruction; not a specimen photograph or evidence of current abundance.
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About Divided caecum

Bishop Museum Technical Report 29a records direct presence at Kauai coastal stations; a dated observation corroborates.

MolluscaBase/WoRMS Aphia 545358 accepts Caecum sepimentum.

The 2002-2003 survey sampled harbors and nearby coral reefs.

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
Caecum sepimentum
Common names
Divided caecum
Other names
Caecum sepimentum · Caecum arcuatum
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
Caecum sepimentum 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.

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