Turbinaria ornata

Ornate Turbanweed

As recorded: Turbinaria ornata (Turner) J.Agardh

Chromista › Ochrophyta › Phaeophyceae › Fucales › Sargassaceae

Collected by: Meñez, E.G.
Collector number: MSD 15806
Date: July 29, 1960
Locality: Between Falo and Moen Is
Island: Weno Island
Region: Truk (=Chuuk), Micronesia
Coordinates: 7.4739, 151.8700
Identified by: Trono Jr., G.C.
Record type: Preserved specimen

522 Bishop specimens of Turbinaria ornata · collected 1900–2021Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On July 29, 1960, Meñez, E.G. also collected 24+ other specimens.

Cite this specimen

Turbinaria ornata. BISH 569225. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956659270. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/569225.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956659270 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026