Kauaʻi Conservation Atlas

Kauaʻi record · KCA-MOL-00053

Liliʻuokalani Cyerce

Cyerce liliuokalaniae

Open this record in the interactive Atlas
Liliʻuokalani Cyerce (Cyerce liliuokalaniae) — source-informed Atlas ecological reconstruction of one mature animal and one spatially separate juvenile; the frozen Kauaʻi status remains historical.
Liliʻuokalani Cyerce (Cyerce liliuokalaniae) — source-informed Atlas ecological reconstruction of one mature animal and one spatially separate juvenile; the frozen Kauaʻi status remains historical. · Kauaʻi Conservation Atlas · Kauaʻi Conservation Atlas community media · Image source

About Liliʻuokalani Cyerce

Sea Slugs of Hawaii explicitly includes Kauai in the distribution of Cyerce liliuokalaniae.

WoRMS AphiaID 1814160 lists Cyerce liliuokalaniae as accepted; expert account notes the 2025 DNA-based description and bridges older Hawaiian usages Cyerce nigricans and Cyerce pavonina.

Expert account reports rocky habitats at <1-7 m (<3-23 ft), predominantly shallow and exposed.

Accepted newly delimited species with explicit expert Kauaʻi distribution and shallow habitat; conservative historical/yellow without a dated local specimen record.

Names and classification

Scientific name
Cyerce liliuokalaniae
Common names
Liliʻuokalani Cyerce
Other names
Cyerce liliuokalaniae
Record type
species

Kauaʻi occurrence and status

Kauaʻi occurrence
Expert island occurrence, but no independently inspected dated Kauaʻi record.
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 liliuokalaniae is included in the verified Kauaʻi mollusk census. Accepted newly delimited species with explicit expert Kauaʻi distribution and shallow habitat; conservative historical/yellow without a dated local specimen record.

Sources and further reading

Suggest changes to this record