Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_asparagopsis_taxiformis
Limu kohu complex
Asparagopsis taxiformis
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About Limu kohu complex
limu kohu is a red alga in the Kauaʻi limu group. Its origin status is indigenous.
Kauaʻi evidence
Species identity and image source are documented. Additional ecological and conservation citations are recommended.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Asparagopsis taxiformis
- Common names
- Limu kohu complex
- Hawaiian names
- Limu kohu
- Family
- Bonnemaisoniaceae
- Order
- Bonnemaisoniales
- Record type
- Species or taxonomic group
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Kauaʻi occurrence needs confirmation
- Origin
- Indigenous
- Conservation status
- Conservation priority; formal rank not listed
- Evidence date
- 2026-09-13
- Evidence limits
- Kauaʻi occurrence or species identity needs review
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Reefs · Rocky intertidal to shallow subtidal
- Food and resource needs
- Light, suitable seawater conditions, nutrients, and secure substrate
- Reproduction
- Viable propagules and suitable establishment conditions
- Shelter
- Suitable marine substrate
- Growth form
- Red alga
Threats and conservation
- Threats
- Overharvest, pollution, warming, freshwater pulses, reef disturbance
- Conservation actions
- Harvest stewardship, water-quality protection, reef monitoring
- Monitoring
- Harvest stewardship, water-quality protection, reef monitoring
- Data gaps
- Additional ecological and conservation citations are recommended
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not assessed
- Seasonal description
- limu kohu is a red alga in the Kauaʻi limu group. Its origin status is indigenous.
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