MBDP-NI: Boreolithon van-heurckii

Boreolithon van-heurckii (Heydrich) A Harvey et Woelkerling

Description: Thallus encrusting, uncalcified and thin.

Habitat: Very rare only known from the surface of hydroids in the lower littoral.

Distribution: Channel Islands: Jersey. Europe: Atlantic coast of France.

Distribution Map from NBN: Boreolithon van-heurckii at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Boreolithon van-heurckii at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

WoRMS: Boreolithon van-heurckii at World Register of Marine Species. Accepted name: Boreolithon van-heurckii (Heydrich) A.S.Harvey & Woelkerling, 1995. AphiaID: 145102.

Classification: Biota; Plantae; Biliphyta; Rhodophyta; Eurhodophytina; Florideophyceae; Corallinophycidae; Hapalidiales; Hapalidiaceae; Austrolithoideae; Boreolithon

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Morton, O. & Picton, B.E. (2024). Boreolithon van-heurckii. (Heydrich) A Harvey et Woelkerling. [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland.
https://www2.habitas.org.uk/marbiop-ni/speciesaccounts.php?item=ZM4730. Accessed on 2025-01-11