Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_hypnea_musciformis
Hookweed
Hypnea musciformis
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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
- Hypnea musciformis
- Common names
- Hookweed
- Record type
- Species or taxonomic group
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Kauaʻi occurrence needs confirmation
- Origin
- Introduced
- 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 and nearshore hard substrate
- 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
- Overgrowth under altered conditions, invasive uncertainty
- Conservation actions
- Status review, place review, water-quality management
- Monitoring
- Status review, place review, water-quality management
- Data gaps
- Additional ecological and conservation citations are recommended
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not assessed
- Seasonal description
- none is a red alga in the Kauaʻi limu group. Its origin status is introduced.