Kauaʻi record · KCA-MOL-00074
Ornate Sap-sucking Slug
Elysia marginata
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About Ornate Sap-sucking Slug
Sea Slugs of Hawaii explicitly includes Kauai; iNaturalist RG observation 44650089 documents Elysia marginata during a 2020 night dive at Salt Pond/Port Allen, Kauaʻi; observation 244845111 adds a 2024 island record though its coordinate is inland.
WoRMS AphiaID 765107 lists Elysia marginata as accepted.
Expert account reports <1 to 12 m; the 2020 record explicitly states a night dive.
Accepted species with explicit expert island occurrence, qualifying depth, and a direct Kauaʻi night-dive observation. Reconciled rule: undated expert occurrence or community observations do not independently establish CURRENT status.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Elysia marginata
- Common names
- Ornate Sap-sucking Slug
- Other names
- Elysia marginata
- 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
- Elysia marginata is included in the verified Kauaʻi mollusk census. Accepted species with explicit expert island occurrence, qualifying depth, and a direct Kauaʻi night-dive observation. Reconciled rule: undated expert occurrence or community observations do not independently establish CURRENT status.