Dictyosphaeria cavernosa
indigenousValoniaceae

Dictyosphaeria cavernosa

green bubble seaweed

Indigenous (native)native

Native to Hawaiʻi and arrived without human help.

Dictyosphaeria cavernosa is a species of green algae (class Ulvophyceae) in the family Siphonocladaceae, one of the three species in this family. Its common name is green bubble seaweed.

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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 · 3 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 63 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 88 · GBIF 111 records
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 14 · GBIF 26
Kualoa 1 · OʻahuiNat 17 · GBIF 8
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 5
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 6 · GBIF 3
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 5
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 3
Weliweli · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 1
Honokōwai · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 3
Māhāʻulepū · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Kōloa · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Paʻalaʻa · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Makakupa‘ia · MolokaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kahuku · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Waiehu · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kēōkea · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Makaua 1 · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kahana · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Waipouli · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
ʻEleʻele · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1