BISH 497745Botany

Phormidium nigroviride

As recorded: Oscillatoria nigroviridis Thwaites ex Gomont

Bacteria › Cyanobacteria › Cyanobacteriia › Cyanobacteriales › Oscillatoriaceae

Collected by: Dawson, E.Y.
Collector number: 13686
Date: August 21, 1955
Locality: Parry Island, seaward reef flat at south end of island
Island: Enewetak Atoll
Region: Marshall Islands
Identified by: Drouet, F.E.
Record type: Preserved specimen

9 Bishop specimens of Phormidium nigroviride · collected 1949–2011Species page ›

Collected the same day

On August 21, 1955, Dawson, E.Y. also collected 24+ other specimens.

Phormidium nigroviride observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1955. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1 research-grade sighting in the wild, most recently on 2009-11-16.

2009-11-16

Crescent Beach, FL

(c) Sarka Martinez, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.

Cite this specimen

Phormidium nigroviride. BISH 497745. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956658614. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/497745.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956658614 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026

Data-quality notes from GBIF

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