Lobophora variegata

Encrusting fan-leaf alga

As recorded: Lobophora variegata (J.V.Lamour.) Womersley ex E.C.Oliveira

Chromista › Ochrophyta › Phaeophyceae › Dictyotales › Dictyotaceae

Collected by: Geisler, K.J.
Collector number: IA 28026
Date: September 27, 2000
Locality: #7 Station 45
Island: Pearl and Hermes Atoll
Region: Hawaii, United States
Identified by: Abbott, I.A.
Record type: Preserved specimen

656 Bishop specimens of Lobophora variegata · collected 1908–2018Species page ›

Collected the same day

On September 27, 2000, Geisler, K.J. also collected 24+ other specimens.

Lobophora variegata observed alive in Hawaiʻi

This specimen was collected in 2000. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1 research-grade sighting in the wild, most recently on 2024-05-10.

2024-05-10

Honaunau-Napoopoo, HI 96704, USA

(c) Darcy Kehler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Lobophora variegata. BISH 712157. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956369487. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/712157.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956369487 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026