Kauaʻi record · KCA-MOL-00064
Common Sea Hare
Dolabrifera dolabrifera
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About Common Sea Hare
Sea Slugs of Hawaii explicitly includes Kauai; iNaturalist RG observations 199531433 (Poʻipū, 2024) and 12283871 (ʻAnini Road coast, 2017) are island-georeferenced.
WoRMS AphiaID 224652 lists Dolabrifera dolabrifera as accepted; expert account bridges synonym Dolabrifera olivacea.
Expert account states low intertidal/tidepools in rocky areas and subtidal to 9 m.
Accepted identity, explicit expert island distribution and shallow habitat, including an ʻAnini-area record. Reconciled rule: undated expert occurrence or community observations do not independently establish CURRENT status.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Dolabrifera dolabrifera
- Common names
- Common Sea Hare
- Other names
- Dolabrifera dolabrifera
- 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
- Dolabrifera dolabrifera is included in the verified Kauaʻi mollusk census. Accepted identity, explicit expert island distribution and shallow habitat, including an ʻAnini-area record. Reconciled rule: undated expert occurrence or community observations do not independently establish CURRENT status.