Description: Thallus a flattened blade and stipe up to 30 cms long.

Habitat: Sublittoral to 30 m.

Distribution: Reported from scattered sites around the British Isles: Ireland in Galway Bay and Co.Donegal, South Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. Europe: Mediterranean, Portugal, Atlantic coasts of Spain and France. Further afield: Canary Islands.

Similar Species: Halarachnion ligulatum (Woodward) Kützing.

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

iNaturalist: Nesoia latifolia at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

GBIF data for Nesoia latifolia

WoRMS: Nesoia latifolia at World Register of Marine Species. Accepted name: Nesoia latifolia (P.Crouan & H.Crouan ex Kützing) H.W.Lee & M.S.Kim, 2019. AphiaID: 1340375.

Classification: Biota; Plantae; Biliphyta; Rhodophyta; Eurhodophytina; Florideophyceae; Rhodymeniophycidae; Halymeniales; Halymeniaceae; Nesoia