Kauaʻi record · KCA-MOL-00076
Yellow Sap-sucking Slug
Elysia obtusa
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About Yellow Sap-sucking Slug
Sea Slugs of Hawaii explicitly includes Kauai in the distribution of Elysia obtusa.
WoRMS AphiaID 494464 lists Elysia obtusa as accepted.
Expert account gives a 4 m (14 ft) shallow habitat record.
Explicit expert island distribution, accepted taxonomy, and shallow habitat validate historical occurrence.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Elysia obtusa
- Common names
- Yellow Sap-sucking Slug
- Other names
- Elysia obtusa
- 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 obtusa is included in the verified Kauaʻi mollusk census. Explicit expert island distribution, accepted taxonomy, and shallow habitat validate historical occurrence.