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Dendrodoris nigra

Black Doris

4

Bishop specimens

0

Type specimens

1981

First collected

1992

Last collected

2026

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

Where Bishop collected it

1 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.

Two centuries of collecting

1980s1990s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1981 by Scott Johnson; Scott Johnson (Enewetok Atoll). The Museum last collected it in 1992; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as October 25, 2026.

From the collection

Dendrodoris nigra, 286003

Alive today

88 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.