Kauaʻi record · KCA-MOL-00098
Gold-margin Spanish Dancer
Hexabranchus aureomarginatus
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About Gold-margin Spanish Dancer
Sea Slugs of Hawaii explicitly includes Kauai and gives firsthand Poipu and Hoai Bay Kauai observations; a 2025 Poipu record corroborates.
MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 549826 accepts Hexabranchus aureomarginatus and distinguishes it from H. sandwichensis.
Expert account reports exposed rocky areas at 1-8 m and tide pools.
Firsthand Kauai observations, diagnostic treatment, shallow habitat, and recent corroboration provide strong validation. Reclassified to VERIFIED_HISTORICAL under the uniform recency rule.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Hexabranchus aureomarginatus
- Common names
- Gold-margin Spanish Dancer
- Other names
- Hexabranchus aureomarginatus
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Current marine occurrence with 2025 corroboration. Uniform QA: the dated authoritative evidence is historical; later community observations are corroborative only and do not establish authoritative current status.
- 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
- Hexabranchus aureomarginatus is included in the verified Kauaʻi mollusk census. Firsthand Kauai observations, diagnostic treatment, shallow habitat, and recent corroboration provide strong validation. Reclassified to VERIFIED_HISTORICAL under the uniform recency rule.