Kauaʻi record · KCA-MOL-00087
White-margin Nudibranch
Glossodoris rufomarginata
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About White-margin Nudibranch
Bishop Museum TR29 and a NOAA/HCRI Kauai shallow-reef report record the species; Sea Slugs of Hawaii explicitly includes Kauai; 2018 observations corroborate.
MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 559960 resolves Glossodoris rufomarginata as accepted.
Expert account reports rocky bottoms, tide pools, and depths from below 1 m; NOAA/HCRI record is from a shallow-reef survey.
Multiple independent authoritative Kauai sources establish occurrence and in-scope shallow habitat; recent records corroborate continuity. Reclassified to VERIFIED_HISTORICAL under the uniform recency rule.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Glossodoris rufomarginata
- Common names
- White-margin Nudibranch
- Other names
- Glossodoris rufomarginata
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Current native/indigenous marine occurrence with modern corroboration. Uniform QA: the dated authoritative evidence is historical; later community observations are corroborative only and do not establish authoritative current status.
- 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
- Glossodoris rufomarginata is included in the verified Kauaʻi mollusk census. Multiple independent authoritative Kauai sources establish occurrence and in-scope shallow habitat; recent records corroborate continuity. Reclassified to VERIFIED_HISTORICAL under the uniform recency rule.