
Symplegma brakenhielmi
As recorded: Symplegma oceania Tokioka, 1961
Animalia › Chordata › Ascidiacea › Stolidobranchia › Styelidae
- Collected by
- R.C. DeFelice
- Locality
- Pearl Harbor; Middle Loch; on hull of U.S.S. "Machinist" Floating Dry Dock
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- United States
- Coordinates
- 21.3867, -157.9900
- Depth
- 3 m
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Still here: Symplegma brakenhielmi observed near this locality
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 3 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2017-05-31.

2017-05-31
Kaneohe Bay, South Bay Fringing Patch Reef
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2017-05-23
Kaneohe Bay, Kokokahi, fringing reef N of Likeke Place
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2017-05-21
Kaneohe Bay
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Cite this specimen
Symplegma brakenhielmi. BPBM 340. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 38907512. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/y/340.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 38907512 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
