Palythoa
pavement coral
Lamouroux, 1816Accepted name in the World Register of Marine Species.WoRMS 205785 ↗
Photo: (c) Gaurav Patil, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Gaurav Patil (iNaturalist)
44
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
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First collected
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Last collected
2026
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
In the Library
Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Palythoa, most mentions first.
2010
Marine biota information base for offshore islets in the main Hawaiian IslandsColes, S.L. & Swenson, C. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 19 pages
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 · 12 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 · 7 pages
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 · 3 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 · 3 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 · 2 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 · 2 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 · 2 pages
Where Bishop collected it
15 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.
Alive today
622 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.
2026-08-19
HI, US
(c) Dillon Freiburger, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-19
HI, US
(c) Dillon Freiburger, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-14
Condado de Honolulu, Hawái, EE. UU.
(c) Dsmacd1, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-14
Condado de Honolulu, Hawái, EE. UU.
(c) Dsmacd1, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-14
Condado de Honolulu, Hawái, EE. UU.
(c) Dsmacd1, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-06
Maui County, HI, USA
(c) denizs, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-05
Maalaea
(c) orionsmcc, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-02
Wailea-Makena, HI, USA
(c) denizs, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)