Kauaʻi record · KCA-MOL-00057
Gem Doris
Dendrodoris krusensternii
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About Gem Doris
Sea Slugs of Hawaii explicitly includes Kauai; iNaturalist observation 120107 documents a 2012 Kōloa Landing animal identified with expert Pauline Fiene as the first Kauaʻi record; observation 178324987 adds a 2023 island record.
WoRMS AphiaID 550448 lists Dendrodoris krusensternii as accepted; expert account bridges widespread older use of Dendrodoris denisoni.
Expert account reports protected to highly exposed rocky habitats from 1-110 m; the Kauaʻi records are coastal dive/local marine points and therefore include qualifying shallow-range occurrence.
Expert-assisted first island documentation, subsequent replication, explicit synonym bridge, and accepted taxonomy support green inclusion. Reconciled rule: undated expert occurrence or community observations do not independently establish CURRENT status.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Dendrodoris krusensternii
- Common names
- Gem Doris
- Other names
- Dendrodoris krusensternii
- 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
- Dendrodoris krusensternii is included in the verified Kauaʻi mollusk census. Expert-assisted first island documentation, subsequent replication, explicit synonym bridge, and accepted taxonomy support green inclusion. Reconciled rule: undated expert occurrence or community observations do not independently establish CURRENT status.