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Additional Photos
2nd animal
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Thecacera pacifica Bergh, 1883
Maximum size: 20 mm.
Identification:
This
is
a
translucent-orange
animal decorated with black bands shading
into
electric-blue and white.
Natural history:
On
Maui,
Thecacera pacifica
is known from only a few animals found along the leeward coast at about
18 m (60 ft), some of them crawling on sand. It has also been found in
a moderately protected rocky habitat on the Kona coast of the Big
Island at 3-6 m (10-20 ft).
Distribution:
Big Island and Maui: widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific; also
recorded from the
Gulf of Mexico.
Taxonomic notes:
First
recorded
in
Hawaii
from Kihei, Maui by Andy Schwanke on Mar. 24,
2004.
Photo: PF:
St. Anthony wreck, Maui; Sept. 2, 2006.
Observations and comments:
Note
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