Kauaʻi record · KCA-MOL-00190
Phidiana semidecora
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About Phidiana semidecora
Sea Slugs of Hawaii includes Kauai and documents a specimen photographed at Poipu State Park, Kauaʻi, on 2010-05-04; a 2010 observation corroborates.
Fresh WoRMS query accepts Phidiana semidecora (AphiaID 599302), bridging Facelinella semidecora.
Expert account reports tide pools, low intertidal, and rocky habitat to 9 m.
The dated authoritative Kauaʻi survey/expert evidence verifies historical occurrence, but it predates the 2016-10-01 current-status cutoff. Later community identifications cannot independently upgrade the record to current.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Phidiana semidecora
- Other names
- Phidiana semidecora · Facelinella semidecora
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- qualifying authoritative Kauaʻi evidence predates 2016-10-01; later community observations are corroborative only, so current status is not established
- 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
- Phidiana semidecora is included in the verified Kauaʻi mollusk census. The dated authoritative Kauaʻi survey/expert evidence verifies historical occurrence, but it predates the 2016-10-01 current-status cutoff. Later community identifications cannot independently upgrade the record to current.