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Hypnea musciformis
Plantae › Rhodophyta › Florideophyceae › Gigartinales › Cystocloniaceae
- Collected by
- Nielsen, C.S.; HummHarold Humm →C.S. Nielsen →
- Collector number
- 1680
- Locality
- Harkers Island
- Region
- North Carolina, United States
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Hypnea musciformis observed alive
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 57 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-08-30.

2026-08-30
9J6P+5R, 2520-206 Peniche, Portugal
(c) catarina0806, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-08-13
Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, FR
(c) alfredoherrero, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-08-12
Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, FR
(c) Benoît Segerer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-07-31
San Pietro in Volta, isola di Pellestrina (Venezia), Italia
(c) cccrll, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-07-29
San Pietro in Volta, isola di Pellestrina (Venezia), Italia
(c) cccrll, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-07-15
Silvi (Cerrano Sub)
(c) Camillo De Berardinis, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Hypnea musciformis. BISH 534872. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956322242. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/534872.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956322242 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
