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Plocamium violaceum
As recorded: Plocamium violaceum Farlow, 1877
Plantae › Rhodophyta › Florideophyceae › Plocamiales › Plocamiaceae
- Collected by
- Doty, M.S.
- Collector number
- 5645
- Date
- June 23, 1943
- Locality
- Fan Shell Beach, Monterey Peninsula
- Region
- California, United States
- Identified by
- Doty, M.S.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On June 23, 1943, Doty, M.S. also collected 8 other specimens.
Plocamium violaceum observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1943. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 12 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-08-14.
2026-08-14
South Bay, San Francisco, CA, US
(c) Christopher Janousek, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-06-19
San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, CA, US
(c) Christopher Janousek, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-06-19
San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, CA, US
(c) Christopher Janousek, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-05-18
Sandy Beach, Sitka, AK 99835, USA
(c) Matt Goff, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
2026-04-20
Alberni-Clayoquot, BC, CA
(c) Maisie Roy-Musor, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-04-19
Fishboat Bay, BC, Canada
(c) Michael G. Shepard, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Plocamium violaceum. BISH 538006. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956559740. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/538006.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956559740 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026