Description: Thallus erect to 14 cms long, polysiphonous with 5 periaxials and corticate with irregular branches. Final ramuli branched and ecorticate.

Habitat: Rare. Epilithic in the sublittoral.

Distribution: Recorded in the British Isles only from the south coast and the Channel Islands. Europe: the Mediterranean and France. Further afield: Caribbean.

Similar Species: Other species of Dasya are similar. The differences are microscopic.

Distribution Map from NBN: Dasya punicea at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Dasya punicea at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

WoRMS: Dasya punicea at World Register of Marine Species. Accepted name: Dasya punicea (Zanardini) Meneghini ex Zanardini, 1841. AphiaID: 144721.

Classification: Biota; Plantae; Biliphyta; Rhodophyta; Eurhodophytina; Florideophyceae; Rhodymeniophycidae; Ceramiales; Delesseriaceae; Dasyoideae; Dasya