1. LIMU Species List 2015 Prepared for the University of Hawaii’s Marine Option Program Summer Course Quantitative Underwater Ecological Surveying Techniques (QUEST) None of the information or pictures contained within may be reproduced without permission by the author
Jennifer E. Smith Ph.D. Dept. of Botany University of Hawaii, Manoa
Last updated: 19 October 2010

2. Cyanobacteria/Blue-Green Algae: Lyngbya majuscula

3. Seagrass: Halophila spp.

4. Chlorophyta/Green Algae: Ulva lactuca

5. Cladophora sericea

6. Bryopsis spp.

7. Codium arabicum

8. Codium edule

9. Codium reediae

10. Caulerpa racemosa

11. Caulerpa serrulata

12. Caulerpa sertularioides

13. Caulerpa taxifolia

14. Halimeda kanaloana

15. Halimeda discoidea

16. Halimeda opuntia

17. Neomeris annulata

18. Dictyosphaeria cavernosa

19. Dictyosphaeria versluysii

20. Microdictyon spp.

21. Valonia ventricosa

22. Ochrophyta/Brown Algae: Dictyota spp.

23. Lobophora variegata

24. Padina spp.

25. Stypopodium flabelliforme

26. Sargassum aquifolium (S. echinocarpum)

27. Sargassum obtusifolium

28. Sargassum polyphyllum

29. Turbinaria ornata

30. Colpomenia sinuosa

31. Hydroclathrus clathratus

32. Rhodophyta/Red Algae: Liagora spp.

33. Trichogloea sp.

34. Dichotomaria marginata

35. Asparagopsis taxiformis

36. Gibsmithia hawaiiensis

37. Predaea weldii

38. Portieria hornemannii

39. Halymenia spp.

40. Hypnea musciformis

41. Acanthophora spicifera

42. Gracilaria salicornia

43. Gracilaria coronopifolia

44. Laurencia spp.

45. Dasya iridescens

46. Amansia glomerata

47. Martensia fragilis

48. Martensia flabelliformis

49. Pterocladiella spp.

50. Functional Groups: Crustose Coralline Algae->20 species in Hawaii

51. Functional Groups: Turf Algae Multi-species assemblage