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Plocamium sandvicense
As recorded: Plocamium sandvicense J.Agardh, 1892
Plantae › Rhodophyta › Florideophyceae › Plocamiales › Plocamiaceae
- Collected by
- Doty, M.S.; Dawson, E.Y.E.Y. Dawson →Maxwell S. Doty →
- Collector number
- MSD 10746
- Date
- May 30, 1953
- Locality
- Laie Point
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 21.6333, -157.9000
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On May 30, 1953, Doty, M.S.; Dawson, E.Y. also collected 9 other specimens.
Still here: Plocamium sandvicense observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1953. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 2 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2022-06-03.

2022-06-03
Sharks Cove (North), Waialua, HI, USA
(c) Craig Fujii, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

2022-06-03
Sharks Cove (North), Waialua, HI, USA
(c) Craig Fujii, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Plocamium sandvicense. BISH 687956. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956434981. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/687956.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956434981 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
Data-quality notes from GBIF
- Name matched to the GBIF backbone only approximately
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