
Valonia ventricosa
Bubble Alga
Photo: (c) Rafi Amar, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Rafi Amar (iNaturalist)
275
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1908
First collected
2025
Last collected
2026
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
In the Library
Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Valonia ventricosa, 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
2018
New species records and voucher specimens of marine benthic algae from Kah‘olawe, main Hawaiian IslandsTsuda, R.T. & Abbott, I.A. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
2017
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2017: VolumeEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
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 · 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
182 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.
Two centuries of collecting
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1908 by Rock, J.F.C. (Oʻahu).
From the collection
Alive today
42 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.

2026-10-04
North Shore, Waialua, HI, USA
(c) Daniel Ward, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-07-29
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) orionsmcc, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-07-06
Kalaoa, HI 96740, USA
(c) cello caruso-turiello, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-06-25
Honolulu County, HI, USA
(c) Thomas Irvine, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-06-05
Hawaii County, US-HI, US
(c) deefulton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-02-15
North Pacific Ocean, Mākaha, HI, US
(c) Robin White, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2025-11-28
Mamala Bay, HI, US
(c) Rad Dad Chad, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-07-24
Keawakapu
(c) orionsmcc, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
