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Updated 8/17/2013

Family Personidae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Distorsio anus 

Kewalo Pipe, Oahu, 50 feet

 

 

100 ft. Hole, Waikiki, Oahu, 85 feet

 

YO-257 Wreck, Waikiki, Oahu, 80 feet

 

Firehouse, Oahu, 25 feet

   

COMMON DISTORSIO or ANAL TRITON

Uncommon under slabs or in sand pockets at scuba depths.  Parietal shield (flat area surrounding aperture) splashed with brown.  Attains 4 inches.  Hawaii & the Indo-West Pacific.