Kauaʻi record · KCA-MOL-00058
Black Dendrodoris
Dendrodoris nigra
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About Black Dendrodoris
Sea Slugs of Hawaii explicitly includes Kauai; iNaturalist RG observations 254153620 (2024) and 259878903 (2025) are from Salt Pond/Port Allen on Kauaʻi.
WoRMS AphiaID 139519 lists Dendrodoris nigra as accepted; expert account bridges historical Hawaiian names Hexabranchus nebulosa and Doridopsis macfarlandi.
Expert account specifies low intertidal to 5 m under rocks/open at night; modern records are at the Salt Pond coastal complex.
Explicit expert island occurrence, shallow habitat, accepted identity, and replicated modern records. Reconciled rule: undated expert occurrence or community observations do not independently establish CURRENT status.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Dendrodoris nigra
- Common names
- Black Dendrodoris
- Other names
- Dendrodoris nigra
- 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 nigra is included in the verified Kauaʻi mollusk census. Explicit expert island occurrence, shallow habitat, accepted identity, and replicated modern records. Reconciled rule: undated expert occurrence or community observations do not independently establish CURRENT status.