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Additional Photos

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Aegires lemoncello Fahey & Gosliner,
2004

Maximum size: about 6 mm.
Identification:
This is a cream species with long papillae that have spiculate tips.
There are pale orange rings on the bases of the papillae and they have
pale orange tips.
Natural history:
We've never found Aegires
lemoncello
on Maui but Scott Johnson reports
finding several at moderately protected to highly exposed rocky sites
on
Oahu.
Distribution:
Oahu: widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific.
Taxonomic notes:
First recorded in Hawaii at Makua, Oahu by Scott Johnson on Sept. 25,
1978.
Photo: Scott
Johnson: about 6 mm: Makua, Oahu; Sept. 25, 1978.
Observations and comments:
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