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Sargassum pacificum

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Sargassum pacificum

As recorded: Sargassum pacificum Bory, 1828

Chromista › Ochrophyta › Phaeophyceae › Fucales › Sargassaceae

Collected by: Newhouse, J.W.
Collector number: 4080
Date: December 26, 1968
Locality: Pueu District
Island: Tahiti
Region: French Polynesia
Identified by: Tsuda, R.T.
Record type: Preserved specimen

89 Bishop specimens of Sargassum pacificum · collected 1922–1989Species page ›

Sargassum pacificum observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1968. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1 research-grade sighting in the wild, most recently on 2015-11-10.

Sargassum pacificum observed 2015-11-10

2015-11-10

Îles du Vent, French Polynesia

(c) Ryan McMinds, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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

Cite this specimen

Sargassum pacificum. BISH 560957. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956134433. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/560957.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956134433 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026

Data-quality notes from GBIF

Name matched only at a higher rank (e.g. genus)

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