naturalizedRhodomelaceae
Acanthophora spicifera
prickly seaweed
Naturalized (non-native)non-native
Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.
Acanthophora spicifera is a species of marine red algae in the family Rhodomelaceae.
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Seasonality
Only 0 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.
Gallery · 2 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 47 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 89 · GBIF 138 records
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 19 · GBIF 32 ✓
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 15 · GBIF 20 ✓
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 6 · GBIF 7 ✓
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 9 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 5 ✓
Kualoa 1 · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 4 ✓
Waikapū · MauiiNat 4 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kawailoa · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kaʻonoʻulu · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Nāpili 2-3 · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kamananui · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Weliweli · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kamaʻole · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kōloa · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Paeahu · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kēōkea · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waiohuli · MauiGBIF 3
North Olohena · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Pāʻā · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Māhāʻulepū · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Palauea · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Lanihau 1-2, Moeauo · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
ʻAliomanu · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Mohopilo · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Olowalu · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Mākao · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hōnaunau · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiehu · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Nānākuli · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaloko · HawaiʻiGBIF 2
Makanalua · MolokaʻiGBIF 2
Kuʻia · MauiiNat 1
Nāpili 4-5 · MauiiNat 1
Hanapēpē · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Kalapakī · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Hālawa · OʻahuGBIF 1
Makakupa‘ia · MolokaʻiGBIF 1
Kawaihae 1 · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Lāwai · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Kawaihāpai · OʻahuGBIF 1
Wailuku · MauiGBIF 1
Paʻalaʻa · OʻahuGBIF 1
Pālāwai · LānaʻiGBIF 1
Honokōwai · MauiGBIF 1
Kawela · MolokaʻiGBIF 1
Honokeana · MauiGBIF 1