A living guide to Kauaʻi

Kauaʻi species, habitats and conservation records

Explore the island’s native and introduced species, habitats, watersheds and conservation work. Each record connects its description, images and sources with the interactive Atlas.

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  Lāwa‘i

  Lāwa‘i. Record type: swhu. Evidence limits: CWRM hydrologic-unit geometry is source-bound. Spatial overlap does not establish ecological connectivity, stream flow or traditional marine extent.. Hydrologic region: Kōloa

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  Kalāheo

  Kalāheo. Record type: swhu. Evidence limits: CWRM hydrologic-unit geometry is source-bound. Spatial overlap does not establish ecological connectivity, stream flow or traditional marine extent.. Hydrologic region: Kōloa

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  Wahiawa

  Wahiawa. Record type: swhu. Evidence limits: CWRM hydrologic-unit geometry is source-bound. Spatial overlap does not establish ecological connectivity, stream flow or traditional marine extent.. Hydrologic region: Kōloa

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  Hanapēpē

  Hanapēpē. Record type: swhu. Evidence limits: CWRM hydrologic-unit geometry is source-bound. Spatial overlap does not establish ecological connectivity, stream flow or traditional marine extent.. Hydrologic region: Kōloa

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  Kukamahu

  Kukamahu. Record type: swhu. Evidence limits: CWRM hydrologic-unit geometry is source-bound. Spatial overlap does not establish ecological connectivity, stream flow or traditional marine extent.. Hydrologic region: Kōloa

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  Kaumakani

  Kaumakani. Record type: swhu. Evidence limits: CWRM hydrologic-unit geometry is source-bound. Spatial overlap does not establish ecological connectivity, stream flow or traditional marine extent.. Hydrologic region: Kōloa

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  Mahinauli

  Mahinauli. Record type: swhu. Evidence limits: CWRM hydrologic-unit geometry is source-bound. Spatial overlap does not establish ecological connectivity, stream flow or traditional marine extent.. Hydrologic region: Waimea

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  A‘akukui

  A‘akukui. Record type: swhu. Evidence limits: CWRM hydrologic-unit geometry is source-bound. Spatial overlap does not establish ecological connectivity, stream flow or traditional marine extent.. Hydrologic region: Waimea

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  Waipao

  Waipao. Record type: swhu. Evidence limits: CWRM hydrologic-unit geometry is source-bound. Spatial overlap does not establish ecological connectivity, stream flow or traditional marine extent.. Hydrologic region: Waimea

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  Waimea

  Waimea. Record type: swhu. Evidence limits: CWRM hydrologic-unit geometry is source-bound. Spatial overlap does not establish ecological connectivity, stream flow or traditional marine extent.. Hydrologic region: Waimea

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  Kapilimao

  Kapilimao. Record type: swhu. Evidence limits: CWRM hydrologic-unit geometry is source-bound. Spatial overlap does not establish ecological connectivity, stream flow or traditional marine extent.. Hydrologic region: Kekaha

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  Paua

  Paua. Record type: swhu. Evidence limits: CWRM hydrologic-unit geometry is source-bound. Spatial overlap does not establish ecological connectivity, stream flow or traditional marine extent.. Hydrologic region: Kekaha

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  Hōʻea

  Hōʻea. Record type: swhu. Evidence limits: CWRM hydrologic-unit geometry is source-bound. Spatial overlap does not establish ecological connectivity, stream flow or traditional marine extent.. Hydrologic region: Kekaha

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  Niu

  Niu. Record type: swhu. Evidence limits: CWRM hydrologic-unit geometry is source-bound. Spatial overlap does not establish ecological connectivity, stream flow or traditional marine extent.. Hydrologic region: Kekaha

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  Kaawaloa

  Kaawaloa. Record type: swhu. Evidence limits: CWRM hydrologic-unit geometry is source-bound. Spatial overlap does not establish ecological connectivity, stream flow or traditional marine extent.. Hydrologic region: Kekaha

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  Nahomalu

  Nahomalu. Record type: swhu. Evidence limits: CWRM hydrologic-unit geometry is source-bound. Spatial overlap does not establish ecological connectivity, stream flow or traditional marine extent.. Hydrologic region: Kekaha

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  Kaʻulaʻula

  Kaʻulaʻula. Record type: swhu. Evidence limits: CWRM hydrologic-unit geometry is source-bound. Spatial overlap does not establish ecological connectivity, stream flow or traditional marine extent.. Hydrologic region: Kekaha

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  Hāʻeleʻele

  Hāʻeleʻele. Record type: swhu. Evidence limits: CWRM hydrologic-unit geometry is source-bound. Spatial overlap does not establish ecological connectivity, stream flow or traditional marine extent.. Hydrologic region: Kekaha

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  Hikimoe

  Hikimoe. Record type: swhu. Evidence limits: CWRM hydrologic-unit geometry is source-bound. Spatial overlap does not establish ecological connectivity, stream flow or traditional marine extent.. Hydrologic region: Kekaha

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  Kāʻaweiki

  Kāʻaweiki. Record type: swhu. Evidence limits: CWRM hydrologic-unit geometry is source-bound. Spatial overlap does not establish ecological connectivity, stream flow or traditional marine extent.. Hydrologic region: Kekaha

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  Kauhao

  Kauhao. Record type: swhu. Evidence limits: CWRM hydrologic-unit geometry is source-bound. Spatial overlap does not establish ecological connectivity, stream flow or traditional marine extent.. Hydrologic region: Kekaha

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  Mākaha

  Mākaha. Record type: swhu. Evidence limits: CWRM hydrologic-unit geometry is source-bound. Spatial overlap does not establish ecological connectivity, stream flow or traditional marine extent.. Hydrologic region: Kekaha

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  Miloliʻi

  Miloliʻi. Record type: swhu. Evidence limits: CWRM hydrologic-unit geometry is source-bound. Spatial overlap does not establish ecological connectivity, stream flow or traditional marine extent.. Hydrologic region: Kekaha

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  Nuʻalolo

  Nuʻalolo. Record type: swhu. Evidence limits: CWRM hydrologic-unit geometry is source-bound. Spatial overlap does not establish ecological connectivity, stream flow or traditional marine extent.. Hydrologic region: Kekaha

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  Asteropus kaena

  Asteropus kaena

  Asteropus kaena is a rough-surfaced marine sponge whose projecting skeletal elements give the outside a distinctly bristly appearance. Hawaiian taxonomic descriptions report a gray exterior and a pale interior. Its inconspicuous coloration

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  Chondrosia chucalla

  Chondrosia chucalla

  Chondrosia chucalla is a dark, fleshy sponge recorded in Hawaiian marine communities. Hawaiian feeding research describes small black-brown material that can resemble the green alga Codium arabicum when encountered in mixed samples. That re

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  Suberites aurantiacus

  Suberites aurantiacus

  Suberites aurantiacus is a marine demosponge in the family Suberitidae. The Kauaʻi source used the name Suberites zeteki; the reconciliation retains that historical label while linking it to the accepted species name. Public field photograp

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  Lissodendoryx (Waldoschmittia) hawaiiana

  Lissodendoryx (Waldoschmittia) hawaiiana

  This bright orange sponge spreads over reef surfaces and into spaces among Porites colonies. Sieve-like pore fields mark the surface, alongside conspicuous oscula. The texture is spongy. The reconstructed colony follows the living Hawaiian

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  Biemna fistulosa

  Biemna fistulosa

  A yellow sponge composed of delicate fistules that can merge at their bases. Hawaiian material has elongated tubes approximately five to fifteen centimeters long and about one centimeter wide. It grows in reef crevices and among corals; red

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  Mycale (Mycale) grandis

  Mycale (Mycale) grandis

  Often called the keyhole sponge, Mycale grandis can form substantial orange to red-orange growths with prominent water outlets. Hawaiʻi's aquatic invasive-species program treats it as an introduced sponge of concern because it can spread ac

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  Mycale (Carmia) cecilia

  Mycale (Carmia) cecilia

  Mycale cecilia is an encrusting or low cushion-forming sponge. Historically reported from Kauaʻi (2002).

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  Mycale (Zygomycale) parishii

  Mycale (Zygomycale) parishii

  A soft, fragile sponge forming irregular masses among coral branches and on hard substrates. Prominent oscula rise from the surface. Hawaiian material includes maroon tones; field photographs show broader brownish variation. The plate empha

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  Halichondria (Halichondria) coerulea

  Halichondria (Halichondria) coerulea

  Halichondria coerulea was described from Oʻahu as a pale-blue, spreading sponge with elevated projections bearing its larger water outlets. The original account found it on artificial surfaces around Coconut Island, including a floating doc

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  Halichondria (Halichondria) melanadocia

  Halichondria (Halichondria) melanadocia

  Hawaiian material identified as Halichondria melanadocia has a dark gray to black outer surface and a dull-yellow interior. The 1967 account described a very soft, easily torn sponge with small surface projections and water outlets raised o

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  Topsentia halichondrioides

  Topsentia halichondrioides

  Topsentia halichondrioides is a marine demosponge in the family Halichondriidae. It is represented in modern Indo-Pacific taxonomic work by photographed specimens and diagnostic skeletal observations. The comparatively simple external appea

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  Haliclona (Soestella) caerulea

  Haliclona (Soestella) caerulea

  Blue encrusting masses may develop conspicuous chimneys with terminal oscula. Hawaiian samples range from pale to vivid blue, with a soft elastic texture. It occurs on coral branches and sheltered fouling surfaces, including harbor structur

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  Aplysilla rosea

  Aplysilla rosea

  Aplysilla rosea is a thin encrusting sponge with small pointed surface elevations, or conules. Published Mediterranean material forms irregular patches and has a branching organic-fibre skeleton rather than the mineral-spicule framework fam

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  Dysidea arenaria

  Dysidea arenaria

  Dysidea arenaria is a marine sponge in the family Dysideidae, a group with an organic-fibre framework that can incorporate sediment particles. A species-labelled field reference is available from the Institut de recherche pour le développem

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  Dysidea avara

  Dysidea avara

  Dysidea avara is described in Mediterranean taxonomic literature as a soft, irregular sponge with conspicuous conules and an organic-fibre skeleton. Reference images of the accepted taxon can explain that appearance, but Hawaiian use of the

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  Dorvillea angolana

  Dorvillea angolana

  Dorvillea angolana is a small marine bristle worm in Dorvilleidae. Day’s 1967 diagnosis describes a pale, slender animal about 10 millimeters long with approximately 80 segments. The rounded head is slightly wider than long and carries two

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  Leodice antennata

  Eunice antennata

  A marine jaw worm reported as Eunice antennata in the Kauaʻi survey; beaded head appendages and a changing gill pattern support reference comparison, while local species identity warrants voucher review.

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  Leodice australis

  Eunice australis

  Leodice australis is a marine eunicid jaw worm originally described from New Zealand. The Kauaʻi source records use the older name Eunice australis. The head has two rounded lobes and five sensory appendages, interpreted in modern terminolo

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  Eunice filamentosa

  Eunice filamentosa

  Eunice filamentosa is retained here as the name reported in the Kauaʻi source, with an important qualification from later taxonomy. It is a marine jaw worm in Eunicidae, with three antennae, two palps and a separate pair of peristomial cirr

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  Hydroides dirampha

  Hydroides dirampha

  Hydroides dirampha is a marine bristleworm that secretes a white calcareous tube on a hard surface. The living animal is slender and segmented, with a paired crown of finely feathered radioles at its front. A stalk beside that crown carries

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  Spirobranchus kraussii

  Pomatoleios kraussii

  Pomatoleios kraussii has a documented Kauaʻi occurrence in the cited scientific record. The record is tied to Appendix A printed p. 90 and the source evidence is dated 2002. This is a historical or source-bounded occurrence record rather th

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  Salmacina dysteri

  Salmacina dysteri

  Salmacina dysteri has a documented Kauaʻi occurrence in the cited scientific record. The record is tied to Appendix A printed p. 90 and the source evidence is dated 2002. This is a historical or source-bounded occurrence record rather than

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  Loimia medusa

  Loimia medusa

  The Kauaʻi harbor and nearby reef survey compilation lists Loimia medusa in Appendix A, printed page 92, of Bishop Museum Technical Report 29a. The Atlas preserves that reported name and its 2002 survey or compiled historical context. The e

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  Nicolea gracilibranchis

  Nicolea gracilibranchis

  Nicolea gracilibranchis has a documented Kauaʻi occurrence in the cited scientific record. The record is tied to Appendix A printed p. 92 and the source evidence is dated 2002. This is a historical or source-bounded occurrence record rather

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  Thelepus setosus

  Thelepus setosus

  Thelepus setosus has a documented Kauaʻi occurrence in the cited scientific record. The record is tied to Appendix A printed p. 92 and the source evidence is dated 2002. This is a historical or source-bounded occurrence record rather than a

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  Dipodarctus borrori

  Dipodarctus borrori

  Dipodarctus borrori is a microscopic marine tardigrade described from beach sand at Anahola Bay, Kauaʻi, by Pollock in 1995. It lives among sand grains in a marine interstitial microhabitat. The body carries four pairs of short legs, and th

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  Dipodarctus anaholiensis

  Dipodarctus anaholiensis

  Dipodarctus anaholiensis is a microscopic marine tardigrade described from Anahola Bay, Kauaʻi, in 1995. It inhabits the seawater-filled spaces between beach-sand grains. Like other tardigrades, its compact body has four pairs of legs. The

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  Echiniscus cavagnaroi

  Echiniscus cavagnaroi

  Echiniscus cavagnaroi is a microscopic terrestrial tardigrade associated with mosses and lichens. Its four pairs of short legs end in hooked claws, and its back carries a series of hardened cuticular plates. Round pores in those plates and

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  Minibiotus furcatus

  Minibiotus furcatus

  Minibiotus furcatus is preserved as reported in Meyer’s 2015 Oceania account, with the Kauaʻi source evidence dated 2011 and based on moss/lichen collection and microscopy. This is a historical source record. The plate does not establish cu

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  Minibiotus intermedius

  Minibiotus intermedius

  Minibiotus intermedius is a microscopic tardigrade with a pale body, large eyes, a smooth poreless cuticle and four pairs of short legs. The neotype diagnosis describes ten papulae around the mouth and paired branched claws with accessory p

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  Didemnum candidum

  Didemnum candidum

  Didemnum candidum is documented in a Kauaʻi source record. Wave 01 preserves the taxon concept exactly as reported. Current accepted-name reconciliation remains open; occurrence is not represented as a 2026 observation.

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  Ascidia sydneiensis

  Ascidia sydneiensis

  Ascidia sydneiensis is documented in a Kauaʻi source record. Wave 01 preserves the taxon concept exactly as reported. Current accepted-name reconciliation remains open; occurrence is not represented as a 2026 observation.

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  Phallusia nigra

  Phallusia nigra

  Phallusia nigra is documented in a Kauaʻi source record. Wave 01 preserves the taxon concept exactly as reported. Current accepted-name reconciliation remains open; occurrence is not represented as a 2026 observation.

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  Herdmania pallida

  Herdmania pallida

  Herdmania pallida is documented in a Kauaʻi source record. Wave 01 preserves the taxon concept exactly as reported. Current accepted-name reconciliation remains open; occurrence is not represented as a 2026 observation.

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  Microcosmus exasperatus

  Microcosmus exasperatus

  Microcosmus exasperatus is documented in a Kauaʻi source record. Wave 01 preserves the taxon concept exactly as reported. Current accepted-name reconciliation remains open; occurrence is not represented as a 2026 observation.

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  Cnemidocarpa irene

  Cnemidocarpa irene

  Cnemidocarpa irene is documented in a Kauaʻi source record. Wave 01 preserves the taxon concept exactly as reported. Current accepted-name reconciliation remains open; occurrence is not represented as a 2026 observation.