Kauaʻi record · KCA-MOL-00075
Neal's Sapsucking Slug
Elysia nealae
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About Neal's Sapsucking Slug
Sea Slugs of Hawaii explicitly includes Kauai in the distribution of Elysia nealae.
WoRMS AphiaID 494460 lists Elysia nealae as accepted.
Expert account reports animals at 1-2 m and 2-9 m, within shallow nearshore scope.
Accepted species with explicit expert island distribution and shallow habitat, conservatively historical without dated local evidence.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Elysia nealae
- Common names
- Neal's Sapsucking Slug
- Other names
- Elysia nealae
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Expert island occurrence; 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
- Elysia nealae is included in the verified Kauaʻi mollusk census. Accepted species with explicit expert island distribution and shallow habitat, conservatively historical without dated local evidence.