BISH 497866Botany

Lyngbya aestuarii

As recorded: Lyngbya aestuarii Liebm. ex Gomont

Bacteria › Cyanobacteria › Cyanobacteriia › Cyanobacteriales › Microcoleaceae

Collected by: Dawson, E.Y.
Collector number: 13878
Date: August 25, 1955
Locality: Igurin Island, seaward reef
Island: Enewetak Atoll
Region: Marshall Islands
Identified by: Drouet, F.E.
Record type: Preserved specimen

111 Bishop specimens of Lyngbya aestuarii · collected 1900–1998Species page ›

Collected the same day

On August 25, 1955, Dawson, E.Y. also collected 24+ other specimens.

Lyngbya aestuarii observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1955. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1 research-grade sighting in the wild, most recently on 2024-04-06.

2024-04-06

Lymington 7109, Tasmania, Australia

(c) Kim Finney, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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

Cite this specimen

Lyngbya aestuarii. BISH 497866. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956702164. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/497866.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956702164 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026