Description: Thallus calcareous, attached by stolons. Fronds articulated and branched to 20 cms long.

Habitat: Generally epiphytic in the upper sublittoral to 3m deep.

Distribution: South-west British Isles from Ireland, England, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. Europe: Mediterranean, Azores, Portugal, Atlantic coasts of Spain and France. Further afield: Canary Isles.

Similar Species: Species of Corallina.

Key Identification Features:

• Epiphytic, pinnate branching.

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

iNaturalist: Haliptilon squamatum at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

WoRMS: Haliptilon squamatum at World Register of Marine Species. Accepted name: Jania squamata (Linnaeus) J.H.Kim, Guiry & H.-G.Choi, 2007. AphiaID: 468875.

Classification: Biota; Plantae; Biliphyta; Rhodophyta; Eurhodophytina; Florideophyceae; Corallinophycidae; Corallinales; Corallinineae; Corallinaceae; Corallinoideae; Janieae; Haliptilon