Kauaʻi record · KCA-WOI-00106
Pherecardia striata
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About Pherecardia striata
Pherecardia striata is an amphinomid bristleworm documented in the cited historical Kauaʻi nearshore compilation. This source-bounded record does not establish present abundance or distribution.
The 2025 revision recognizes Pherecardia striata by regular longitudinal dorsal stripes, abundant pale notochaetae, and anteriorly darker notopodia without the complete black rings of Pherecardia distincta. Its head bears a folded caruncle, and reddish branchiae lie among the bristle-bearing parapodia. The historical source predates this revision and has not been reidentified from a voucher here. The Atlas plate is an AI-generated reconstruction, not an occurrence photograph.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Pherecardia striata
- Family
- Amphinomidae
- Order
- Amphinomida
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Documented source record (historical compilation / 2002 present-study where applicable)
- Origin
- Origin not yet resolved
- Conservation status
- Not assessed
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- Pherecardia striata is documented in a Kauaʻi source record. Census-completion pass. The source taxon concept is preserved as reported. Qualified, unidentified, juvenile, family-level, and 'sp.' concepts are not promoted to an invented species identity. Current accepted-name reconciliation remains a separate gate.
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. 82
- 2026 registry/literature cross-check
- Morphology reference consulted for Atlas reconstruction
- Morphology reference consulted for Atlas reconstruction