BISH 689357Botany

Acanthophora spicifera

prickly seaweed

As recorded: Acanthophora spicifera (M.Vahl) Børgesen

Plantae › Rhodophyta › Florideophyceae › Ceramiales › Rhodomelaceae

Collected by: Norris, J.; Huisman, J.; Millar, A.J.M. Huisman →A.J.K. Millar →James E. Norris →
Collector number: L-15
Date: May 24, 2002
Locality: Leleiwi
Island: Hawaiʻi Island
Region: Hawaii, United States
Coordinates: 21.3667, -158.1333
Identified by: Fisher, J.R.
Record type: Preserved specimen

388 Bishop specimens of Acanthophora spicifera · collected 1924–2021Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On May 24, 2002, Norris, J.; Huisman, J.; Millar, A. also collected 19 other specimens.

Acrothamnion butlerae

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Amphiroa fragilissima

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Asparagopsis taxiformis

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Ceramium

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Chondria

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Cladophora

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Dasya

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Derbesia

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Dictyota

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Dotyella hawaiiensis

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Gibsmithia

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Griffithsia

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Haloplegma duperreyi

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Herposiphonia

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Microdictyon

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Polysiphonia

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Portieria hornemannii

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Tiffaniella saccarhiza

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Tolypiocladia glomerulata

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Still here: Acanthophora spicifera observed near this locality

This specimen was collected in 2002. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 56 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2026-06-05.