Macrophthalmus telescopicus
As recorded: Macrophthalmus telescopicus (Owen, 1839)
Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Decapoda › Macrophthalmidae
- Collected by
- R.C. DeFelice
- Locality
- Pearl Harbor; sheet piling in thermal discharge from Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO) Waiau Plant
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 21.3845, -157.9600
- Depth
- 1 m
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Still here: Macrophthalmus telescopicus observed near this locality
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 3 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2025-10-24.
2025-10-24
Waikiki, Honolulu, HI 96815, USA
(c) amutti, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
2025-03-26
Kaneohe Bay, HI, US
(c) Thomas Irvine, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2017-06-01
Kaneohe Bay, Coconut Island, Sandy Beach
(c) smithsonian_marinegeo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Macrophthalmus telescopicus. BPBM 11509. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 37499563. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/s/11509.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 37499563 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026