Home Acknowledgments Conventions Glossary Maps References Links Articles Thumbnails Species list Family Next species _______________   Additional Photos   side   underside   swimming   egg mass _______________   GALLERY	Cyerce sp. #2   Maximum size:  10 mm (Scott Johnson). Identification:  The is a cream animal with brown pigment on its notum and brown reticulation on it's rhinophores. The cerata are roughly diamond-shaped and tuberculate with dark pigment basally and a margin decorated with orange and violet spots. Natural history:  Cyerce sp. #2 is a moderately rare species found in protected to exposed rocky habitats and Halimeda kanaloana beds at depths of < 1 to 6 m (< 3 to 20 ft). It jerks its cerata intermittently while crawling and can also swim, if disturbed, by arching its body and flapping its cerata up and down. That makes it look very much like a small jellyfish "pulsing" through the water. (see photos) It lays a spiral, cream egg mass that hatches in about four days in the laboratory. Distribution:  Maui and Oahu: widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific. Taxonomic notes:  First recorded in Hawaii at Kewalo Reef, Oahu by Scott Johnson on April 14, 1978. Photo:  CP: 6 mm: Hekili Point, Maui; Sept. 20, 1998. Observations and comments: Note 1:  ( )
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