RHODOPHYTA : Nemaliales : Nemaliaceae | RED ALGAE |
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Nemalion helminthoides |
Description: Growing from a small basal disc to a length of 10 to 20 cms generally branching only a few times. Reddish brown in colour and very mucilaginous in texture.
Habitat: Common. Epilithic in rock pools.
Distribution: Widespread around the British Isles except in south-eastern England. Europe: Medirerranean, Azores, Portugal, Spain, Netherlands and Norway. Atlantic coast of North America: Canada to Connecticut and Long Island. Further afield: the Canary Islands.
Similar Species: Helminthocladia calvadosa and Helminthora divaricata from which it is distinguished by having few side branches which are not markedly narrower than the main axis.
Key Identification Features:
Distribution Map from NBN: Nemalion helminthoides at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.
iNaturalist: Nemalion helminthoides at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.
WoRMS: Nemalion helminthoides at World Register of Marine Species. Accepted name: Nemalion elminthoides (Velley) Batters, 1902. AphiaID: 145765.
Classification: Biota; Plantae; Biliphyta; Rhodophyta; Eurhodophytina; Florideophyceae; Nemaliophycidae; Nemaliales; Nemaliineae; Nemaliaceae; Nemalion
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Morton, O. & Picton, B.E. (2024). Nemalion helminthoides. (Velley) Batters, 1902. [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. https://www2.habitas.org.uk/marbiop-ni/speciesaccounts.php?item=ZM1770. Accessed on 2024-12-17 |