Chama iostoma
Snowball Chama
64
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1902
First collected
2008
Last collected
2026
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
In the Library
Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Chama iostoma, 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 · 2 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 · 2 pages
2002
Records of shallow-water marine invertebrates from French Frigate Shoals, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands with a note on nonindigenous speciesDeFelice, R., D. Minton & S. Godwin · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
1997
Biodiversity of marine communities in Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii with observations on introduced exotic speciesColes, S.L., R.C. DeFelice, L.G. Eldredge, J.T. Carlton, R.L. Pyle, & A. Suzumoto · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
Where Bishop collected it
44 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.
Two centuries of collecting
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1902 by W.A. & E.L. Bryan (Laysan).
From the collection
Alive today
9 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.

2026-06-04
Kahaone Loop, Waialua, HI, US
(c) hi_ocean, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-06-03
Kahaone Pl, Waialua, HI, US
(c) hi_ocean, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-07-18
Kahaone Loop, Waialua, HI, US
(c) hi_ocean, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-01-28
Kahului, HI, USA
(c) Jiayang Li, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-07-05
Maui, Wailuku, HI, US
(c) taylorlamprecht, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-02-10
Hanapepe First United Church, Eleele, HI 96716, USA
(c) Alexandria 'Alex' Wenninger, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2023-06-03
Hilo, HI 96720, USA
(c) Susie, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2021-11-27
North Pacific Ocean, Kailua Kona, HI, US
(c) steele_alan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)









