Spheciospongia vagabunda
Vagabond Boring Sponge
(Ridley, 1884)Accepted name in the World Register of Marine Species.WoRMS 170563 ↗
Photo: (c) Claire Goiran, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Claire Goiran (iNaturalist)
8
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 Spheciospongia vagabunda, most mentions first.
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
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
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
2004
Assessment of nonindigenous species on coral reefs in the Hawaiian Islands, with emphasis on introduced invertebratesColes, S.L., L.G. Eldredge, F. Kandel, P.R. Reath & K. Longenecker · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
Where Bishop collected it
1 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.
Alive today
57 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.
2026-07-26
Kahekili 1
(c) orionsmcc, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-03-27
Wailea-Makena, HI, USA
(c) Daniel Ward, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-11-15
Hawaii County, HI, USA
(c) cory-pittman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-09-07
North Pacific Ocean, HI, US
(c) Robin White, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2025-08-17
Honolulu County, HI, USA
(c) Daniel Ward, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-08-05
Honolulu County, HI, USA
(c) Sofia Martin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-07-23
Wahikuli
(c) orionsmcc, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-06-10
Auau Channel, Kaanapali, HI, US
(c) Andrew Harmer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)