Briareum violaceum
Green Star Polyps
As recorded: Briareum violaceum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Animalia › Cnidaria › Anthozoa › Scleralcyonacea › Briareidae
- Locality
- Enewetak Atoll
- Island
- Enewetak Atoll
- Region
- Marshall Islands
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Briareum violaceum observed alive
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 126 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-16.
2026-10-16
Wangiwangi Island, South East Sulawesi, Indonesia
(c) Ella Pennington, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-07-10
Palm Island, AU
(c) Rosie bessette, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-07-08
Malay, Aklan, Philippines
(c) Gonzalo Giribet, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-06-15
Friwen Laut dive site
(c) Roger Rittmaster, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-06-08
Mambukimba Main Street, West Papua, ID
(c) Ludovico Maggi, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-05-03
Smart buoy
(c) Febrianne S, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Briareum violaceum. BPBM 845. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 37865057. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/d/845.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 37865057 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
Data-quality notes from GBIF
- Name matched to the GBIF backbone only approximately
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