
Caulerpa taxifolia
Caulerpa, Killer alga, Sea weed
Photo: (c) Richard Ling, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND) (iNaturalist)
223
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1915
First collected
2021
Last collected
2026
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
In the Library
Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Caulerpa taxifolia, most mentions first.
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
1999
Nonindigenous marine species introductions in the harbors of the south and west shores of Oahu, HawaiiColes, S.L., R.C. DeFelice, & L.G. Eldredge · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 3 pages
1998
Determination of baseline conditions for introduced marine species in nearshore waters of the of Kahoolawe, HawaiiColes, S.L., R.C. DeFelice, J.E. Smith, D. Muir & L.G. Eldredge · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 3 pages
2010
New islet records of marine benthic algae from offshore islets associated with O‘ahu, Maui, Moloka‘i and Lāna‘i in the main Hawaiian IslandsFisher, J., Giuseffi, L., Tsuda, R.T., Abbott, I.A. & Coles, S.L. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages
2020
Marine benthic algae from Ni‘ihau and adjacent Lehua Islet, Main Hawaiian IslandsTsuda, R.T., Abbott, I.A., Spalding, H.L., Giuseffi, L.M., Okano, R., Kennedy, B.H. & Sherwood, A.R. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
2019
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2019: VolumeEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
2018
New species records and voucher specimens of marine benthic algae from Kah‘olawe, main Hawaiian IslandsTsuda, R.T. & Abbott, I.A. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
2017
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2017: VolumeEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
Where Bishop collected it
126 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.
Two centuries of collecting
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1915 by Howe, M.A. (Guanica Harbor).
From the collection
Alive today
28 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.

2026-03-09
Anini Rd, Kalihiwai, HI, US
(c) Sean Ford, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-02-15
North Pacific Ocean, Mākaha, HI, US
(c) Robin White, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-02-15
North Pacific Ocean, Mākaha, HI, US
(c) Robin White, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2025-11-09
Ewa Beach, HI, USA
(c) catta, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-02-27
Kauai County, HI, USA
(c) catta, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-08-26
Kapalua, Maui, Hawai'i, USA
(c) sea-kangaroo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

2024-05-05
Ewa Beach, HI, USA
(c) Anuschka Faucci, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2023-04-08
Ewa, Ewa Beach, HI, USA
(c) Anuschka Faucci, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
