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Kauaʻi record · KCA-CR-000038

Cubaris murina

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Cubaris murina — Cubaris murina. Atlas ecological plate.
Cubaris murina — Cubaris murina. Atlas ecological plate. · Kauaʻi Conservation Atlas · AI-generated Atlas reconstruction · approved_primary_plate_v1.5.3 · Image source

About Cubaris murina

Cubaris murina is an isopod crustacean in the family Armadillidae. Published sources characterize its origin status as adventive. Published Kauaʻi evidence documents the species from Kauaʻi. The cited evidence includes records dated or referenced to 1996. Evidence types include distribution table. These records establish a documented Kauaʻi occurrence but are not automatically interpreted as a present-day abundance estimate. The documented Kauaʻi habitat context includes terrestrial. For current-status context, historical Kauaʻi occurrence; current population status not reassessed. The study includes Kauaʻi material from Moloaʻa and Puʻu Kōnanae collected in 1928. The available Kauaʻi evidence does not support adding island-specific claims about diet, reproduction, behavior, population size, or trend unless those points are stated in the cited sources, so they are not inferred here. Keeping the accepted taxonomic concept together with the dated occurrence evidence allows later surveys to distinguish historical documentation from contemporary status.

Names and classification

Scientific name
Cubaris murina
Other names
Cubaris murina · crustacean · crustaceans
Family
Armadillidae
Order
Isopoda
Record type
species

Kauaʻi occurrence and status

Kauaʻi occurrence
confirmed by published Kauaʻi occurrence evidence
Origin
adventive
Conservation status
Not assessed

Process and seasonal context

Seasonal description
Cubaris murina (Cubaris murina) is a confirmed Kauaʻi crustacean species documented from Kauaʻi. The occurrence is retained with its source date and status so historical evidence is not presented as a current population estimate.

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