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Kauaʻi record · KCA-MOL-00148

Liloa mongii

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Liloa mongii — source-informed Atlas ecological reconstruction; not a specimen photograph or evidence of current abundance.
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About Liloa mongii

Expert Hawaiian sea-slug account explicitly includes Kauai in the distribution.

MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 833007 was inspected: source name Liloa mongii; status accepted; accepted name Liloa mongii.

Expert account reports protected/exposed patch habitats and Halimeda beds from less than 1 to 24 m.

Expert island account and accepted taxonomy verify Kauai shallow-water occurrence, while recency remains unproven.

Names and classification

Scientific name
Liloa mongii
Other names
Liloa mongii
Record type
species

Kauaʻi occurrence and status

Kauaʻi occurrence
Occurrence verified, but the inspected expert page gives no dated Kauai specimen; retained as historical rather than 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
Liloa mongii is included in the verified Kauaʻi mollusk census. Expert island account and accepted taxonomy verify Kauai shallow-water occurrence, while recency remains unproven.

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