RHODOPHYTA : Gigartinales : Phyllophoraceae | RED ALGAE |
Description: Thallus grows from a small discoid holdfast to 10 cms long. Stipe terete and relatively long, abruptly expands into a flat fan-shaped blade branching dichotomously several times.
Habitat: Common. Epilithic in rock pools of the lower littoral and in the sublittoral to 12 m depth.
Distribution: Widespread around the British Isles. Europe: Mediterranean, Portugal, Spain, France, Netherlands, the Baltic, Norway, Faroes and Iceland. Greenland. Atlantic coast of North America from Labrador to Delaware.
Key Identification Features:
Distribution Map from NBN: Phyllophora pseudoceranoides at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.
iNaturalist: Phyllophora pseudoceranoides at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.
WoRMS: Phyllophora pseudoceranoides at World Register of Marine Species. Accepted name: Phyllophora pseudoceranoïdes (S.G.Gmelin) Newroth & A.R.A.Taylor ex P.S.Dixon & L.M.Irvine, 1977. AphiaID: 145664.
Classification: Biota; Plantae; Biliphyta; Rhodophyta; Eurhodophytina; Florideophyceae; Rhodymeniophycidae; Gigartinales; Phyllophoraceae; Phyllophora
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Morton, O. & Picton, B.E. (2024). Phyllophora pseudoceranoides. (S.G.Gmelin) Newroth & A.R.A.Taylor ex P.S.Dixon & L.M.Irvine, 1977. [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. https://www2.habitas.org.uk/marbiop-ni/speciesaccounts.php?item=ZM5860. Accessed on 2025-01-13 |