Dendostrea sandvicensis

Hawaiian Oyster

Animalia › Mollusca › Bivalvia › Ostreida › Ostreidae

Collected by: Reath, Pakki; HWN Island Harbor Survey/ Coles, SteveStephen L. Coles →HWN Island Harbor Survey →Pakki A. Reath →
Date: November 11, 2002
Locality: Hawaiian Archipelago; Kauai; Station 2; Marriott Reef; NWW {Nawiliwili? -RKK}
Island: Kauaʻi
Region: Kauai County, Hawaii, United States
Record type: Preservedspecimen

69 Bishop specimens of Dendostrea sandvicensis · collected 1959–2008Species page ›

Collected the same day

On November 11, 2002, Reath, Pakki; HWN Island Harbor Survey/ Coles, Steve also collected 24+ other specimens.

Dendostrea sandvichensis observed alive in Hawaiʻi

This specimen was collected in 2002. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1 research-grade sighting in the wild, most recently on 2018-06-23.

2018-06-23

Honolulu County, US-HI, US

(c) Rebecca Johnson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.

Cite this specimen

Dendostrea sandvicensis. BPBM 266724. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36356413. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/266724.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 36356413 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026