Kauaʻi record · KCA-MOL-00111
Julia exquisita
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About Julia exquisita
Sea Slugs of Hawaii cites Alison Kay's live Koloa, Kauai record of 1962 and explicitly includes Kauai; a 2014 Poipu observation corroborates.
MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 215227 accepts Julia exquisita and the expert account discusses historical Julia japonica usage.
Expert account reports rocky habitat below 1 m to 5 m.
Firsthand historical live record, explicit distribution, shallow habitat, and modern observation verify occurrence. Reclassified to VERIFIED_HISTORICAL under the uniform recency rule.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Julia exquisita
- Other names
- Julia exquisita
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Current expert-account species with modern local 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
- Julia exquisita is included in the verified Kauaʻi mollusk census. Firsthand historical live record, explicit distribution, shallow habitat, and modern observation verify occurrence. Reclassified to VERIFIED_HISTORICAL under the uniform recency rule.