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Updated 12/7/2013

Family Halimedaceae

HAWAII

Halimeda kanaloana 

Shipwreck Beach, Lana'i, 80 feet

 

Wailea, Maui, 80 feet

Reproductive phase

 

Wailea, Maui, 80 feet

 

Pu'u Olai, Maui, 60 feet


Reproductive gametangia, Maui

KANALOA'S HALIMEDA

Abundant at deeper scuba depths from Oahu to Maui, forming extensive meadows on sandy mud.  Grows from a single holdfast.  Endemic to Hawaii, recently recognized as distinct from the widespread Halimeda incrassata.