BISH 772616Botany

Asparagopsis taxiformis

red sea plume

As recorded: Falkenbergia hillebrandii (Bornet) Falkenb.

Plantae › Rhodophyta › Florideophyceae › Bonnemaisoniales › Bonnemaisoniaceae

Collected by: Puttock, C.F.; Fisher, J.Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr. →C.F. Puttock →
Collector number: SG-1624
Date: May 24, 2001
Locality: W Maui, Lahaina Reef
Island: Maui
Region: Hawaii, United States
Coordinates: 20.8637, -156.6728 ± 2,634 m
Identified by: Fisher, J.R.
Record type: Preserved specimen

495 Bishop specimens of Asparagopsis taxiformis · collected 1855–2025Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On May 24, 2001, Puttock, C.F.; Fisher, J. also collected 24+ other specimens.

Still here: Asparagopsis taxiformis observed near this locality

This specimen was collected in 2001. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 30 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2026-07-30.