Kauaʻi record · KCA-MOL-00059
Tuberculous Nudibranch
Dendrodoris tuberculosa
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About Tuberculous Nudibranch
Sea Slugs of Hawaii explicitly includes Kauai; iNaturalist RG observations 144957736 (Poʻipū, 2014) and 333534578 (Salt Pond area, 2026) have explicit island coordinates.
WoRMS AphiaID 537016 lists Dendrodoris tuberculosa as accepted; expert account provides characters separating it from D. carbunculosa.
Expert account states rocky habitat at <1-26 m, within reef/intertidal scope.
Accepted and morphologically discriminated species with explicit Kauaʻi expert distribution and repeated current photographs. Reconciled rule: undated expert occurrence or community observations do not independently establish CURRENT status.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Dendrodoris tuberculosa
- Common names
- Tuberculous Nudibranch
- Other names
- Dendrodoris tuberculosa
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Authoritative survey or expert evidence verifies Kauaʻi occurrence historically; community observations were not used to promote the record to CURRENT.
- 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
- Dendrodoris tuberculosa is included in the verified Kauaʻi mollusk census. Accepted and morphologically discriminated species with explicit Kauaʻi expert distribution and repeated current photographs. Reconciled rule: undated expert occurrence or community observations do not independently establish CURRENT status.