RHODOPHYTA : Hapalidiales : HapalidiaceaeRED ALGAE

Choreonema thuretii (Bornet) Schmitz


Description: Minute and semi-endophytic, only visible externally as sessile conceptacles.

Habitat: Semi-endophytic in Haliptilon and Jania in the lower and upper sublittoral.

Distribution: South-west Ireland and England from Cornwall and Dorset and the Channel Islands, but also recorded from Wales and Scotland. Europe: Mediterranean, Portugal, Atlantic coasts of Spain and France, generally widespread. Further afield: Canary Islands, Australia, California.

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

iNaturalist: Choreonema thuretii at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

WoRMS: Choreonema thuretii at World Register of Marine Species. Accepted name: Choreonema thuretii (Bornet) F.Schmitz, 1889. AphiaID: 145103.

Classification: Biota; Plantae; Biliphyta; Rhodophyta; Eurhodophytina; Florideophyceae; Corallinophycidae; Hapalidiales; Hapalidiaceae; Choreonematoideae; Choreonemateae; Choreonema

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 Morton, O. & Picton, B.E. (2024). Choreonema thuretii. (Bornet) Schmitz. [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland.
https://www2.habitas.org.uk/marbiop-ni/speciesaccounts.php?item=ZM3920. Accessed on 2024-10-05