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Updated 12/28/2025

Family Dolicholatiridae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Crassicantharus noumeensis



Haleiwa, Oahu, 35 feet


Kewalo, Oahu, 60 feet
   

GOLD-BANDED SPINDLE

Uncommon under stones or within dead coral deeper than 30 feet.  Usually eroded and encrusted with coralline algae.  Attains 1 inch, 25mm.  Mauritius, New Caledonia, Japan, Hawaii, and the Society Islands.  Formerly known as Dolicholatirus noumeensis or Teralatirus noumeensis.