........... List of Species from Aquatic Environments
(Brackish & Fresh Water) in the Hawaiian Islands

Page Notes - Covered on this page are the stream macroalgae classified in the groups Cyanophyta, Rhodophyta, and Chlorophyta. Links to useful text describing the various groups are provided in some cases. Pictures on the Internet (of listed species or of a species representative of the genus) are indicated by a "camera icon" link. The [KEY] link leads to a relevant section of the CPIE Keys to Aquatic Biota of the Hawaiian Islands.


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  Genus species subspecies Author common name status distribution habitat [origin] reference(s)

CYANOPHYTA (blue-green algae)
Class MYXOPHYCEAE [KEY]
Order COCCOGONALES
CHROOCOCCACEAE
Anacystis cf. marina Drouet & Daily O E Guinther
Aphanothece naegelii A. Braun O P,E Tilden 1910
Aphanothece prasina Wartmann O R Tilden 1910
Gloeothece fuscolutea Naegeli O P Tilden 1910
 
Order HORMOGONALES
NOSTOCACEAE
Anabaena catenula K,O S Sherwood 04
Anabaena sp. K,O S Sherwood 04
Calothrix braunii O,M,Ne S Sherwood 04
Calothrix fusca O,M,Ne S Sherwood 04
Cylindrospermum catenatum K,O,M,H S Sherwood 04
Cylindrospermum stagnale K,O,M,H S Sherwood 04
Cylindrospermum sp. K,O,M,H S Sherwood 04
Dichothrix baueriana M,H S Sherwood 04
Dichothrix fusca M,H S Sherwood 04
Nostoc foliaceum K,O,M,H S Sherwood 04
Nostoc hatei K,O,M,H S Sherwood 04
Nostoc linckia K,O,M,H S Sherwood 04
Nostoc microscopicum K,O,M,H S Sherwood 04
Nostoc paludosum K,O,M,H S Sherwood 04
Nostoc pruniforme K,O,M,H S Sherwood 04
Nostoc sphaericum K,O,M,H S Sherwood 04
Nostoc verrucosum K,O,M,H S Sherwood 04
Nostoc sp. K,O,M,H S Sherwood 04
Nostochopsis lobatus K,O,M S Sherwood 04
Nostochopsis radians K,O,M S Sherwood 04
Rivularia haematites (DC) C.Ag. K S Vis et al. 94
Scytonema arcangelii Born.& Flah. M S Vis et al. 94
Scytonema chiastum K,O,M,H S Sherwood 04
Scytonema coactile K,O,M,H S Sherwood 04
Scytonema crispum K,O,M,H S Sherwood 04
Scytonema figuratum K,O,M,H S Sherwood 04
Scytonema fritchii K,O,M,H S Sherwood 04
Scytonema guyensis K,O,M,H S Sherwood 04
Scytonema hofmannii K,O,M,H S Sherwood 04
Scytonema myochrous (Dillw.) C.Ag. O,M S Vis et al. 94
Scytonema ocellatum K,O,M,H S Sherwood 04
Scytonema rivulare K,O,M,H S Sherwood 04
Scytonema stuposum K,O,M,H S Sherwood 04
Scytonema tolypothricoides Kutz. M S Vis et al. 94
Scytonema varium K,O,M,H S Sherwood 04
Scytonema sp. K,O,M,H S Sherwood 04
Tolypothrix distorta O,H S Sherwood 04
Tolypothrix nodosa O,H S Sherwood 04
Tolypothrix tenuis (Kutz.) emd. Schmidt O S Vis et al. 94
OSCILLATORIACEAE
Lyngbya aestuarii O,H S Sherwood 04
Lyngbya cladophorae O,H S Sherwood 04
Lyngbya major O,H S Sherwood 04
Lyngbya martensiana O,H S Sherwood 04
Lyngbya putealis O,H S Sherwood 04
Lyngbya sp. O,H S Sherwood 04
Microchaete uberrima K,H S Sherwood 04
Microchaete tenera K,H S Sherwood 04
Microcoleus lacustris O,H S Sherwood 04
Microcoleus vaginatus O,H S Sherwood 04
Oscillatoria chalybea K,O,H S Sherwood 04
Oscillatoria curviceps K,O,H S Sherwood 04
Oscillatoria formosa K,O,H S Sherwood 04
Oscillatoria limosa K,O,H S Sherwood 04
Oscillatoria princeps K,O,H S Sherwood 04
Oscillatoria sancta K,O,H S Sherwood 04
Oscillatoria splendida K,O,H S Sherwood 04
Oscillatoria subbrevis K,O,H S Sherwood 04
Oscillatoria sp. K,O,H S Sherwood 04
Phormidium ambiguum K,O,M,H S Sherwood 04
Phormidium amoenum K,O,M,H S Sherwood 04
Phormidium corium K,O,M,H S Sherwood 04
Phormidium favosum K,O,M,H S Sherwood 04
Phormidium formosum K,O,M,H S Sherwood 04
Phormidium foveolarum K,O,M,H S Sherwood 04
Phormidium inundatum Kutz K,M,H S Vis et al. 94
Phormidium pachydermaticum K,O,M,H S Sherwood 04
Phormidium papyraceum (C.Ag.) Gom. O S Tilden, 1910
Phormidium retzii (C.Ag.) Gom. K,O,M,H S Vis et al. 94
Phormidium splendidum K,O,M,H S Sherwood 04
Phormidium stagina K,O,M,H S Sherwood 04
Phormidium subfuscum Kutz K,M,H S Vis et al. 94
Phormidium subincrustatum K,O,M,H S Sherwood 04
Phormidium tenue (Menegn.) Gom. M S Vis et al. 94
Phormidium tinctorium K,O,M,H S Sherwood 04
Phormidium uncinatum K,O,M,H S Sherwood 04
Phormidium sp. K,O,M,H S Sherwood 04
Schizothrix calcicola (Ag.) Gom. All S Sherwood 04
Schizothrix friesii Gom. All S Vis et al. 94
Schizothrix lacustris A.Br. ex Gom. K S Vis et al. 94
Schizothrix rivularis All S Sherwood 04
STIGONEMATACEAE
Brachytrichia sp. O S Guinther
Stygonema mamillosum L,M,H S Sherwood 04
Stygonema minutum L,M,H S Sherwood 04
 
 RHODOPHYTA (red algae)
Class RHODOPHYCEAE [KEY]
Order ACROCHAETIALES
ACROCHAETIACEAE
Audouinella eugenea (Skuja) Jao K S Vis et al. 94
Audouinella pygmaea (Kutz.) Weber-Van Bosse K,O S Vis et al. 94
 
Order BATRACHOSPERMALES
Batrachospermum spermatiophorum Vis et al. M S Vis et al. 94
 
Order CERAMIALES
CERAMIACEAE
Spyridia filamentosa (Wulfen) Harvey All Me Magruder &...79
RHODOMELIACEAE
Acanthophora spicifera (Vahl) Børgesen nat All Me Magruder &...79
 
Order COMPSOPOGONALES
Compsopogonopsis leptoclados (Mont.) Krish. K,O,M,H S Vis et al. 94
 
Order GIGARTINALES
HYPNEACEAE
Hypnea cf. cervicornis J. Agardh all Me,E Guinther
 
Order HILDENBRANDIALES
HILDENBRANDIACEAE
Hildenbrandia angolensis Welwitsch ex Westr & West K,O,H S Vis et al. 94
 
 CHLOROPHYTA (green algae)
Class CHLOROPHYCEAE [KEY]
Order CHAETOPHORALES
CHAETOPHORACEAE
Chaetophora elegans K,O S Sherwood 04
Stigeoclonium amoenum K.O.M,H S Sherwood 04
Stigeoclonium falklandicum K.O.M,H S Sherwood 04
Stigeoclonium fasciculare K.O.M,H S Sherwood 04
Stigeoclonium flagelliferum K.O.M,H S Sherwood 04
Stigeoclonium lubricum K.O.M,H S Sherwood 04
Stigeoclonium nudiusculum K.O.M,H S Sherwood 04
Stigeoclonium pachydermum K.O.M,H S Sherwood 04
Stigeoclonium segarare K.O.M,H S Sherwood 04
Stigeoclonium setigerum K.O.M,H S Sherwood 04
Stigeoclonium stagnatile (Hazen) Collins O S Vis et al. 94
Stigeoclonium subsecundum Kutz. K S Vis et al. 94
Stigeoclonium tenue (C.Ag.) Kutz. K S Vis et al. 94
Stigeoclonium variabile K.O.M,H S Sherwood 04
Stigeoclonium sp. K.O.M,H S Sherwood 04
 
Order CLADOPHORALES
CLADOPHORACEAE
Basicladia chelonum O S Sherwood 04
Cladophora canalicularis K.O.M,H S Sherwood 04
Cladophora fracta K.O.M,H S Sherwood 04
Cladophora glomerata (L) Kutz K,O S Vis et al. 94
Cladophora glomerata var. crassior (C.Ag.) van den Hoek. M S Vis et al. 94
Cladophora longiarticulata K.O.M,H S Sherwood 04
Cladophora rivularis (L) van den Hoek. O S Vis et al. 94
Cladophora sericea K.O.M,H S Sherwood 04
Cladophora vagabunda K.O.M,H S Sherwood 04
Cladophora sp. K.O.M,H S Sherwood 04
Cloniophora macrocladia K.O.M,H S Sherwood 04
Cloniophora plumosa (Kutz.) emd. Bory K,O,M S Vis et al. 94
Cloniophora spicata K.O.M,H S Sherwood 04
Cloniophora sp. K.O.M,H S Sherwood 04
Pithophora sp. O P Guinther
Rhizoclonium crassipellitum K,O,M,H S Sherwood 04
Rhizoclonium hieroglyphicum (C.Ag.) Kutz. K,O,M,H S Vis et al. 94
Rhizoclonium hookeri K,O,M,H S Sherwood 04
 
Order OEDOGONIALES
OEDOGONIACEAE
Oedogonium crispum K.O.M,H S Sherwood 04
Oedogonium globosum K.O.M,H S Sherwood 04
Oedogonium undulatum Main 96
Oedogonium sp. 1 O S Vis et al. 94
Oedogonium sp. 2 M S Vis et al. 94
 
 STREPTOPHYTA (green plants)
Order ULVALES
ULVACEAE
Ulva fasciata palahalaha All Me Magruder &...79
 
Order ULOTRICHALES
KLEBSORMIDIACEAE
Klebsormidium flaccidum O.M,H S Sherwood 04
Klebsormidium rivulare O.M,H S Sherwood 04
Klebsormidium subtile O.M,H S Sherwood 04
SCHIZOMERIDACEAE
Schizomeris leibleinii Kutz. O.M S Sherwood 04
 
Order ZYGNEMATALES[KEY]
ZYGNEMATACEAE
Mougeotia capucina K,O,M,H S Sherwood 04
Mougeotia sp. 1 M S Vis et al. 94
Mougeotia sp. 2 K S Vis et al. 94
Spirogyra dictyospora K,M,O,H S Sherwood 04
Spirogyra dubia K,M,O,H S Sherwood 04
Spirogyra elegantissima K,M,O,H S Sherwood 04
Spirogyra fallax K,M,O,H S Sherwood 04
Spirogyra fluviatalis K,M,O,H S Sherwood 04
Spirogyra plena K,M,O,H S Sherwood 04
Spirogyra rivularis K,M,O,H S Sherwood 04
Spirogyra sp. 1 K,O,M,H S Vis et al. 94
Spirogyra sp. 2 M S Vis et al. 94
Spirogyra sp. 3 M S Vis et al. 94
Zygnema sp. K.O,M.H S Vis et al. 94
 
CHARACEAE
Chara braunii K,O,M S Sherwood 04
Chara zeylanica K.O.M S Sherwood 04
[ALGAE Continued]

Page References
Magruder, William H. and Jeffrey W. Hunt. 1979.
Seaweeds of Hawaii. A Photographic Identification Guide. The Oriental Publishing Co., Honolulu. 116 p.
Main, Steve. 1996.
Microalgae of Hawai`i. WWW project, Biology Department, Wartburg College, Waverly, Iowa. Unavailable.
Sherwood, Alison R. 2004.
Stream macroalgae of Hawai'i. An identification guide to the common genera. Hawai'i Div. Aquatic Resources, Dept. Land and Natural Resources. 48 p.
Tilden, J. 1901.
Collection of algae from the Hawaiian Islands. Haw. Almanac and Annual for 1902
Tilden, J. 1902.
Algae collecting in the Hawaiian Islands. Postelsia: The Year Book of the Minnesota Seaside Station, 1:
Tilden, J. 1910.
The Myxophyceae of North America and Adjacent Regions (Vol. 1 of Minnesota Algae)
Vis, Morgan L., R. G. Sheath, J. A. Hambrook, and K. M. Cole. 1994.
Stream macroalgae of the Hawaiian Islands: A preliminary study. Pac. Sci. 48(2): 175-87.
 
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