BISH 669371Botany

Kappaphycus alvarezii

As recorded: Kappaphycus cottonii (Weber-van Bosse) Doty

Plantae › Rhodophyta › Florideophyceae › Gigartinales › Solieriaceae

Collected by: Doty, M.S.
Collector number: MSD 25162
Date: July 1, 1966
Locality: [Pacific; Malesia; Philippines; Cuyo Islands; Palawan Province
Island: Cuyo
Region: Palawan Province, Philippines
Record type: Preserved specimen

232 Bishop specimens of Kappaphycus alvarezii · collected 1958–2005Species page ›

Collected the same day

On July 1, 1966, Doty, M.S. also collected 24+ other specimens.

Kappaphycus alvarezii observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1966. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1 research-grade sighting in the wild, most recently on 2021-04-13.

2021-04-13

Honolulu County, HI, USA

(c) Anuschka Faucci, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Kappaphycus alvarezii. BISH 669371. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956619601. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/669371.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956619601 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026