Kauaʻi record · KCA-CR-000075
Lybia tessellata
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About Lybia tessellata
Lybia tessellata is a decapod crustacean in the family Xanthidae. Its current scientific name is cited as Lybia tessellata (Latreille in Milbert, 1812). Published Kauaʻi evidence documents the species from Port Allen Harbor. Evidence types include museum voucher. These records establish a documented Kauaʻi occurrence but are not automatically interpreted as a present-day abundance estimate. The documented Kauaʻi habitat context includes harbor / sheltered marine. Current island persistence, abundance, and population trend were not established by the occurrence material used for this record. 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
- Lybia tessellata
- Other names
- Lybia tesselata · Lybia tessellata · crustacean · crustaceans · crab · crabs
- Family
- Xanthidae
- Order
- Decapoda
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- confirmed by dated Kauaʻi occurrence evidence
- Origin
- not assigned here
- Conservation status
- Not assessed
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- Lybia tessellata has a published Kauaʻi occurrence entry for Port Allen Harbor in Coles et al. (2004), Bishop Museum Technical Report 29a, printed page 143. This is dated survey or collection evidence; current abundance and persistence were not established by this review.