Kauaʻi record · KCA-MICRO-000016
Stony coral tissue loss disease agent
Unknown / suspected bacterial pathogen complex
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Kauaʻi evidence
Claims remain limited to cited evidence; direct Kauaʻi occurrence is not inferred from statewide relevance unless explicitly stated.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Unknown / suspected bacterial pathogen complex
- Common names
- Stony coral tissue loss disease agent
- Record type
- community_or_group
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Hawaiʻi prevention watch; not treated as established on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Not established / prevention watch
- Conservation status
- High
- Evidence date
- 2026-09-13
- Evidence limits
- Claims remain limited to cited evidence; direct Kauaʻi occurrence is not inferred from statewide relevance unless explicitly stated.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Stony coral disease pathway; ballast/water transport concern
- Ecological role
- disease agent / microbial complex / SCTLD watch with Kauaʻi-relevant ecological, disease, food-web, or biosecurity pathway.
- Food and resource needs
- Stony coral disease pathway; ballast/water transport concern
- Reproduction
- Not specified in Microorganisms v1.0.0
- Shelter
- Stony coral disease pathway; ballast/water transport concern
- Substrate
- Stony coral disease pathway; ballast/water transport concern
Threats and conservation
- Threats
- Major reef biosecurity concern if introduced
- Conservation actions
- High
- Monitoring
- Kauaʻi-specific abundance, seasonal dynamics, host specificity, strain identity, micro-site behavior, and specialist-source assertions should be expanded as source material is contributed.
- Data gaps
- Kauaʻi-specific abundance, seasonal dynamics, host specificity, strain identity, micro-site behavior, and specialist-source assertions should be expanded as source material is contributed.
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not specified in Microorganisms v1.0.0
- Seasonal description
- Stony coral tissue loss disease agent is included because it is relevant to Kauaʻi conservation, agriculture, freshwater/reef function, disease ecology, biosecurity, or public environmental health.