Polysiphonia calothrix Harv.

• Region

  Oceania

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Hawaii

• Locality

  Oahu, Koolauloa, Laie point, under dark ledges of rock just below high tide

• Coordinates

  21.6485, -157.914

• Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

  3481.57

• Georeferencing Method

  Georeferencing Quick Reference Guide, Version 2012. Located coordinates of geogr. center of Laie Point. Measured from coord. to farthest extent of the peninsula to find linear extent (3470 m). Used MaNIS Georef. Calculator to find uncertainty (Bounded Area).

• Geodetic Datum

  WGS84

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

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Josephine K. Tilden. American Algae.	^s-GardeN'^^
508. Polysiphonia caiothrix Harvey. Marine Botany of West
Australia. No. 101. 1854.
Frond dark brownish-red, minute; branches simple, subulate, somewhat
narrowed at base, taper-pointed; tubes of main filament ten to twelve in
number. “Forming wide plush-like patches on the surface of rocks to
which the prostrate, vaguely-branched fronds are attached by long lateral,
hyaline creeping fibres, each terminating in a fiat peltate disc.” Harvey
in Phyc. Austr. PI. 185 C. 1862.
Under dark ledges of rock just below high tide.
Laie point, Koolauloa, Qahu, Territory of Hawaii.
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