Palythoa tuberculosa
Sea Mat
As recorded: Palythoa tuberculosa (Esper, 1805)
Animalia › Cnidaria › Anthozoa › Zoantharia › Sphenopidae
75 Bishop specimens of Palythoa tuberculosaSpecies page ›Palythoa tuberculosa observed alive
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1,267 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-26.
2026-10-26
Australia
(c) Ilze Keevy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-26
Emangusi, KwaZulu-Natal, ZA
(c) Ricky Taylor, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-25
Bandar al Jissah, OM
(c) elegaer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-24
High Island Reservoir, Sai Kung, New Territories, HK
(c) Josy Lai, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-19
India
(c) Roshan Gonsalves, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-10
Province Sud, Nouvelle-Calédonie
(c) Carole BERNARD, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Palythoa tuberculosa. BPBM 667. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 37877938. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/d/667.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 37877938 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026