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Additional Photos
side
underside
mating
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GALLERY
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Siphopteron quadrispinosum Gosliner, 1989
Maximum size: 5 mm.
Identification:
This species has a bright yellow body. The parapodia are margined in
white and both the siphon and flagellum are red.
Natural history:
Siphopteron quadrispinosum
is a common diurnal species found on open sand and in Halimeda kanaloana beds at depths
of 6-27 m (20-90 ft). Numbers appear every year on open sand in early
summer and then decrease until virtually none are seen during the fall,
winter and spring. They swim readily when disturbed and lay a
flattened, pale
yellow egg mass.
Distribution:
Big Island and Maui: widely distributed in the western & central
Pacific.
Taxonomic notes:
First recorded in Hawaii from Kihei, Maui by Stan Jazwinski in Oct.
1978.
Photo: CP: 5
mm: Airport Beach, Maui; June 1, 2008.
Observations and comments:
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