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Sargassum
Sargassum
As recorded: Sargassum C.Agardh, 1820
Chromista › Ochrophyta › Phaeophyceae › Fucales › Sargassaceae
- Collected by
- Santelices, B.; Larrea, A.A. Larrea →B. Santelices →
- Collector number
- s.n.
- Date
- September 7, 1981
- Locality
- Hanga Piko
- Region
- Chile
- Coordinates
- -27.1333, -109.3833
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On September 7, 1981, Santelices, B.; Larrea, A. also collected 8 other specimens.
Still here: Sargassum observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1981. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 6 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2025-10-04.
2025-10-04
Anakena, Easter Island, Valparaíso, Chile
(c) pgkaestner, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-10-04
Anakena, Easter Island, Valparaíso, Chile
(c) pgkaestner, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-01-08
WMGG+43, Hanga Roa, Ilha de Páscoa, Valparaíso, Chile
(c) JPaulaSouza, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2016-03-18
Isla de Pascua, Valparaíso, Chile
(c) Erasmo Macaya Horta, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2016-03-16
Anakena, Isla de Pascua
(c) Carolina Sandoval Maquian, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2016-03-14
Hanga Roa, Isla de Pascua, Región de Valparaíso, Chile
(c) Erasmo Macaya Horta, some rights reserved (CC BY)
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Cite this specimen
Sargassum. BISH 688464. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956562192. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/688464.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956562192 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
Data-quality notes from GBIF
- Longitude sign looks reversed
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