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BISH 560982Botany
Sargassum pacificum
As recorded: Sargassum pacificum Bory, 1828
Chromista › Ochrophyta › Phaeophyceae › Fucales › Sargassaceae
- Collected by
- Newhouse, J.W.
- Collector number
- 3133
- Date
- August 7, 1968
- Locality
- Between Tautira and Teahupoo
- Island
- Tahiti
- Region
- French Polynesia
- Identified by
- Tsuda, R.T.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On August 7, 1968, Newhouse, J.W. also collected 1 other specimen.
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.
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Sargassum pacificum. BISH 560982. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956664729. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/560982.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956664729 ↗
- 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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