Engina
J. E. Gray, 1839Accepted name in the World Register of Marine Species.WoRMS 137705 ↗
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38
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1902
First collected
1997
Last collected
2026
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
In the Library
Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Engina, most mentions first.
2006
Inventory of intertidal and shallow subtidal marine invertebrates at Kalaupapa National Historical Park, Moloka`i, Hawai`iGodwin, S. & Bolick, H. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 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 · 2 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 · 2 pages
2010
Marine biota information base for offshore islets in the main Hawaiian IslandsColes, S.L. & Swenson, C. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
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 · 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
27 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). The Museum last collected it in 1997; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as August 17, 2026.
From the collection
Alive today
4 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.
2026-08-17
Pearl Harbor Entrance, HI, US
(c) megansmith9, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2023-08-19
Hawaii, US
(c) D. Torres-Pulliza, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2022-08-07
Honolulu County, US-HI, US
(c) D. Torres-Pulliza, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2017-05-30
Kaneohe Bay, off N tip of Mokapu base
(c) smithsonian_marinegeo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)