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Plocamium cirrhosum
As recorded: Plocamium cirrhosum (Turner) M.J.Wynne
Plantae › Rhodophyta › Florideophyceae › Plocamiales › Plocamiaceae
- Collected by
- Lindauer, V.W.
- Collector number
- 728
- Date
- August 4, 1937
- Locality
- Long Beach, Russell
- Region
- North Island, New Zealand
- Identified by
- (Nom. rev.) Tsuda, R.T.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Plocamium cirrhosum observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1937. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 9 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-01-18.

2026-01-18
Dunedin 9013, New Zealand
(c) Karri Horton Hartley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2023-03-22
Otago, New Zealand
(c) Eric Cleveland, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2022-04-12
Bass Strait, Anglesea, VIC, AU
(c) alr3011, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2021-11-27
Lawyers Head, Dunedin, New Zealand
(c) Karri Horton Hartley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2021-01-17
Gisborne, New Zealand
(c) marinereserves, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2019-09-29
Te Aupouri, Oneroa-a-Tōhē (Ninety Mile Beach)
no rights reserved
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Plocamium cirrhosum. BISH 537973. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956612219. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/537973.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956612219 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
