Kauaʻi record · KCA-WOI-00016
Dysidea avara
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About Dysidea avara
Dysidea avara is described in Mediterranean taxonomic literature as a soft, irregular sponge with conspicuous conules and an organic-fibre skeleton. Reference images of the accepted taxon can explain that appearance, but Hawaiian use of the name needs care: Bishop Museum's treatment refers some older Hawaiian material called Dysidea avara to Dysidea sp. The Atlas retains the 2002 source record and its name while flagging this identification caveat. A modern photograph from elsewhere does not resolve the identity of that historical Hawaiian material.
The Kauaʻi evidence comes from a historical source record dated 2002, retained as “Dysidea avara” in Appendix A printed p. 72 of the cited survey. This preserves evidence of the reported occurrence; it does not establish present-day distribution or abundance.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Dysidea avara
- Family
- Dysideidae
- Order
- Dictyoceratida
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Historical source record (2002); current presence not reassessed
- Origin
- Origin not yet resolved
- Conservation status
- Not assessed
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- Dysidea avara is described in Mediterranean taxonomic literature as a soft, irregular sponge with conspicuous conules and an organic-fibre skeleton. Historically reported from Kauaʻi (2002).
Sources and further reading
- Coles, S.L., P.R. Reath, K. Longenecker, H. Bolick & L.G. Eldredge. 2004. Assessment of nonindigenous marine species in harbors and on nearby coral reefs on Kauaʻi, Molokaʻi, Maui, and Hawaiʻi. Bishop Museum Technical Report 29a. — Appendix A printed p. 72
- Manconi and colleagues (2013) — Dysidea avara; compare Bishop Museum Hawaiian treatment
- Recovery taxonomy reconciliation — World Porifera Database
- Bishop Museum — Hawaiian Porifera treatment