Kauaʻi record · KCA-MOL-00053
Liliʻuokalani Cyerce
Cyerce liliuokalaniae
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About Liliʻuokalani Cyerce
Sea Slugs of Hawaii explicitly includes Kauai in the distribution of Cyerce liliuokalaniae.
WoRMS AphiaID 1814160 lists Cyerce liliuokalaniae as accepted; expert account notes the 2025 DNA-based description and bridges older Hawaiian usages Cyerce nigricans and Cyerce pavonina.
Expert account reports rocky habitats at <1-7 m (<3-23 ft), predominantly shallow and exposed.
Accepted newly delimited species with explicit expert Kauaʻi distribution and shallow habitat; conservative historical/yellow without a dated local specimen record.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Cyerce liliuokalaniae
- Common names
- Liliʻuokalani Cyerce
- Other names
- Cyerce liliuokalaniae
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Expert island occurrence, but no independently inspected dated Kauaʻi record.
- 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
- Cyerce liliuokalaniae is included in the verified Kauaʻi mollusk census. Accepted newly delimited species with explicit expert Kauaʻi distribution and shallow habitat; conservative historical/yellow without a dated local specimen record.