Kauaʻi record · KCA-MOL-00217
Siphopteron flavum
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About Siphopteron flavum
Sea Slugs of Hawaiʻi explicitly lists Kauaʻi and documents a photographed 5 mm animal at Kēʻē Beach, Kauaʻi, on 2014-05-08.
WoRMS/MolluscaBase AphiaID 599452 accepts Siphopteron flavum; the expert account notes the historical combination Gastropteron flavum.
Expert account places the species in rocky habitats at 1-10 m, within reef/nearshore scope.
Dated expert-identified Kauaʻi photograph plus shallow habitat and accepted taxonomy verify historical occurrence. The 2014-05-08 evidence predates the locked 2016-10-01 cutoff for VERIFIED_CURRENT.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Siphopteron flavum
- Other names
- Siphopteron flavum
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Dated living Kauaʻi photograph from Kēʻē Beach on 2014-05-08; verified occurrence, but it predates the locked 2016-10-01 current-status cutoff.
- 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
- Siphopteron flavum is included in the verified Kauaʻi mollusk census. Dated expert-identified Kauaʻi photograph plus shallow habitat and accepted taxonomy verify historical occurrence. The 2014-05-08 evidence predates the locked 2016-10-01 cutoff for VERIFIED_CURRENT.