Kauaʻi record · KCA-MOL-00052
Bourbon Cyerce
Cyerce bourbonica
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About Bourbon Cyerce
Sea Slugs of Hawaii explicitly includes Kauai; iNaturalist RG observation 44658123 is dated 2019-11-04 at Kōloa Landing, Kauaʻi.
WoRMS AphiaID 599819 lists Cyerce bourbonica as accepted.
Expert account gives a <1-6 m (<3-20 ft) shallow benthic range.
Explicit expert island occurrence, accepted name, shallow depth, and modern island photograph support inclusion. Reconciled rule: undated expert occurrence or community observations do not independently establish CURRENT status.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Cyerce bourbonica
- Common names
- Bourbon Cyerce
- Other names
- Cyerce bourbonica
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Authoritative survey or expert evidence verifies Kauaʻi occurrence historically; community observations were not used to promote the record to CURRENT.
- Origin
- Origin not inferred from occurrence census
- Conservation status
- Not assessed
- Evidence limits
- Occurrence category and evidence are source-bounded. Abundance, trend, and living status are not inferred beyond the reviewed evidence.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Marine reef and nearshore
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- Cyerce bourbonica is included in the verified Kauaʻi mollusk census. Explicit expert island occurrence, accepted name, shallow depth, and modern island photograph support inclusion. Reconciled rule: undated expert occurrence or community observations do not independently establish CURRENT status.