Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_halimeda_discoidea
Halimeda
Halimeda discoidea
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Kauaʻi evidence
Species identity and image source are documented. Additional ecological and conservation citations are recommended.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Halimeda discoidea
- Common names
- Halimeda
- Family
- Halimedaceae
- Order
- Bryopsidales
- 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 · Carbonate sand production zones
- 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
- Green calcareous alga
Threats and conservation
- Threats
- Ocean acidification, warming, reef degradation
- Conservation actions
- Reef water-quality and carbonate monitoring
- Monitoring
- Reef water-quality and carbonate monitoring
- Data gaps
- Additional ecological and conservation citations are recommended
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not assessed
- Seasonal description
- none is a green calcareous alga in the Kauaʻi limu group. Its origin status is indigenous.
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