Abstract
Sargassum hawaiiensis Doty and Newhouse was described in 1966 from a fragmentation specimen dredged from a depth of 50 m off Oahu, Hawaii. Until recently, no further collections have been available for study. In 1968 and 1971 new material was collected from Penguin Banks off Molokai, Hawaii, during shrimp trawling operations by the National Marine Fisheries Service vessel “Townsend Cromwell”. The specimens were obtained from depths of 183 and 200 meters.A complete description of the species is given, which differentiates it from the three other species of Sargassum recognized from Hawaii. Sargassum hawaiiensis is distinguished by a combination of characteristics, these being: simple spines on some branches, terete vesicle petioles, muticous and spherical vesicles and bifurcate receptacles with narrow sterile bridges.
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