Rapa rapa
bubble turnip
marine
(Linnaeus, 1758)Accepted name in the World Register of Marine Species.WoRMS 215776 ↗
7
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1958
First collected
1994
Last collected
No recent record
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
Where Bishop collected it
2 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.
Two centuries of collecting
1950s1990s
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1958 by John Root; DuPont-Academy Expedition; R.T. Abbott, Acad. Of Nat. Sci. Philadelphia (Philippines; Sulu Archipelago; Tawi Tawi; Sanga Sang Island; Bongao Channel).
From the collection
