
Fossarus
R. A. Philippi, 1841Accepted name in the World Register of Marine Species.WoRMS 138022 ↗
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12
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1916
First collected
2017
Last collected
2026
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
In the Library
Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Fossarus, most mentions first.
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
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 · 1 page
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 · 1 page
Where Bishop collected it
11 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.
Two centuries of collecting
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1916 by W.A. & E.L. Bryan (Hawaiʻi Island).
From the collection
Alive today
3 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.







