35
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1906
First collected
2001
Last collected
2026
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
In the Library
Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Bursa, most mentions first.
2010
Marine biota information base for offshore islets in the main Hawaiian IslandsColes, S.L. & Swenson, C. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 4 pages
2008
Assessment of species composition, diversity and biomass in marine habitats and subhaqbitats around offshore islets in the main Hawaiian IslandsColes, S.L., Giuseffi, L. & Hutchinson, M. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 4 pages
2002
Nonindigenous marine species in Kane‘ohe Bay, O‘ahu, Hawai‘iColes, S.L., R.C. DeFelice & L.G. Eldredge · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 4 pages
2002
Nonindigenous marine species at Waikiki and Hawaii Kai, O‘ahu, Hawai‘iColes, S.L., R.C. DeFelice & L.G. Eldredge · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 4 pages
2001
Marine species survey of Johnston Atoll, central Pacific Ocean, June 2000Coles, S.L., R.C. DeFelice & D. Minton · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 4 pages
2019
Hawaiian naturalized vascular plants checklist (February 2019 update)Imada, C. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 3 pages
2025
Imada, C.T., Faccenda, K., Thomas, M.K., Gallaher, T., Oppenhemier, H., Kennedy, B. & Kalei, A. (eds.) Hawaiian native & naturalized vascular plants checklist (2025 update). 780 pp. [published online 6 November 2025]· Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages
2023
New records of Otala lactea (Müller, 1774) and Zachrysia provisoria (Pfeiffer, 1858) in Hawaii: using collaborative networks to combat invasive sleeper populationsHayes, K.A., C.C. Christensen, J.R. Kim, C.M. Kishimoto, J.N. Matsunaga, and N.W. Yeung · Museum research publication · 2 pages
Where Bishop collected it
19 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.
Two centuries of collecting
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1906 by Lorrin Andrews Thurston (Oʻahu). The Museum last collected it in 2001; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as October 25, 2026.
From the collection
Alive today
716 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.

2026-10-25
Wailuku, HI, US
(c) quackerattacker, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-11
Waikoloa Beach Resort, HI, US
(c) Erin Yakub Carr, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-06
North Pacific Ocean, HI, US
(c) skyerainey, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-20
HI, US
(c) tristanbfried, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-20
HI, US
(c) tristanbfried, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-10
Kona Coast Diving
(c) Steve Shunk, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-08
Nawiliwili Bay, Līhuʻe, HI, US
(c) unusual_cat, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-06
Hōnaunau-Nāpōʻopoʻo, HI, US
(c) tristanbfried, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)











