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Pterocladiella capillacea
Branched wing weed
As recorded: Pterocladiella capillacea (S.G.Gmel.) Santel. & Hommers.
Plantae › Rhodophyta › Florideophyceae › Gelidiales › Pterocladiaceae
- Collected by
- Liming
- Collector number
- AST 730126
- Date
- November 13, 1973
- Locality
- Taiping Bay, Qingdao
- Region
- Shantung Province, China
- Identified by
- Abbott, I.A.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Pterocladiella capillacea observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1973. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 170 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-17.

2026-10-17
Milford Beach, Auckland, New Zealand
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2026-08-10
Newport Beach, CA, USA
(c) Gavin Skeen, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-08-09
Kennedy Bay, Auckland, New Zealand
no rights reserved

2026-07-19
Browns Bay Reef, Auckland, New Zealand
no rights reserved

2026-07-12
Castor Bay, Auckland, New Zealand
no rights reserved

2026-06-21
Guarapari, ES, Brasil
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Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Pterocladiella capillacea. BISH 509281. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956196651. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/509281.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956196651 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
