
Ceramium virgatum
Red Hornweed
As recorded: Ceramium rubrum C.Agardh
Plantae › Rhodophyta › Florideophyceae › Ceramiales › Ceramiaceae
- Collected by
- Durant, C.F.
- Locality
- At Hurlgate, Bay and Harbor of New York
- Region
- New York, United States
- Identified by
- J.C.Hare
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Ceramium virgatum observed alive
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 20 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-07-10.

2026-07-10
Gulf of Maine, Kittery, ME, US
(c) Sherman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-08-23
Beach St, Winter Harbor, ME, US
(c) Benny Albro, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2025-08-05
Bristol, ME, USA
(c) Daniel Morton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-02-20
Bar Harbor, ME, USA
(c) Gus, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2022-09-17
Bantam Bay, Lunenburg, NS, CA
(c) Hunter Stevens, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2022-09-01
Lovells intertidal
(c) ophis, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Ceramium virgatum. BISH 530138.2. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 35881499. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/530138.2.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 35881499 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
