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Created 9/16/2025

Family Cymatiidae

CIRCUMTROPICAL / HAWAII

Monoplex parthenopeus



Oahu
(Padgett Carpenter collection)
 

GIANT HAIRY TRITON

Rare in Hawaii from crab traps in deep water, fairly common under rocks at any depth elsewhere.  Attains 7.9 inches, 195 mm.  Worldwide in warm seas.  Formerly known as Cymatium parthenopeus.