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Sargassum aquifolium

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BISH 516220Botany

Sargassum aquifolium

Double-edge Sargassum

As recorded: Sargassum aquifolium (Turner) C.Agardh

Chromista › Ochrophyta › Phaeophyceae › Fucales › Sargassaceae

Collected by: Daida, G.Y.
Collector number: IA 15738
Date: September 8, 1979
Locality: Lawai Kai, Location
Island: Kauaʻi
Region: Hawaii, United States
Coordinates: 21.8833, -159.5000
Identified by: (Nom. rev.) Tsuda, R.T.
Record type: Preserved specimen

351 Bishop specimens of Sargassum aquifolium · collected 1863–2017Species page ›

Where it was collected

Still here: Sargassum aquifolium observed near this locality

This specimen was collected in 1979. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 5 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2026-01-10.

Sargassum aquifolium observed 2026-01-10

2026-01-10

Kauaʻi, HI, US

(c) Bobby Brittingham, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Sargassum aquifolium observed 2025-02-08

2025-02-08

Kauai County, US-HI, US

(c) Elijah Okeefe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Sargassum aquifolium observed 2023-12-18

2023-12-18

Nawiliwili, Lihue, HI 96766, USA

(c) Paul Norwood, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Sargassum aquifolium observed 2017-10-19

2017-10-19

Koloa, HI 96756, USA

(c) Alison Young, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Sargassum aquifolium observed 2017-06-25

2017-06-25

Salt Pond Park, Kauai County, HI, USA

(c) David Andreas de Rivera Tønnessen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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

Cite this specimen

Sargassum aquifolium. BISH 516220. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956332623. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/516220.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956332623 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026