Description: Thallus attached by a small disc and growing to a length of 12 cms. Slightly compressed growing to 12 cms long, branching variable, often pinnate, with pointed apices. Branches often arching and reattaching.

Habitat: Epilithic in the lower littoral and sublittoral, generally on sheltered shores.

Distribution: Clearly with a south-western distribution in the British Isles. Europe: Mediterranean, Azores, Portugal, Spain and France. Atlantic coast of North America: North Carolina. Further afield: Canary Islands.

Similar Species: Gelidium spp. and Callliblepharis jubata.

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

iNaturalist: Chondracanthus acicularis at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

WoRMS: Chondracanthus acicularis at World Register of Marine Species. Accepted name: Chondracanthus acicularis (Roth) Fredericq, 1993. AphiaID: 145623.

Classification: Biota; Plantae; Biliphyta; Rhodophyta; Eurhodophytina; Florideophyceae; Rhodymeniophycidae; Gigartinales; Gigartinaceae; Chondracanthus