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Updated 10/27/2025

Family Haminoeidae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Lamprohaminoea cymbalum



Mokapu, Oahu

Keahole Point tidepool, Hawaii

 

Sliding Rock tidepool, Tutuila, American Samoa


Mokapu, Oahu, 3 feet
  
 

 CYMBAL BUBBLE

Locally common with bluegreen algae on shallow reefs and tidepools.  Shell transparent, animal translucent green with orange dots and large orange areas linked by white.  Animal attains 1 inch, shell 1/3 inch.  Indo-Pacific, including Hawai'i.  A similar form with less white and purple dots may be a hybrid or undescribed species.