Description: Simple erect terete fronds 11 cms long with few irregular branches growing from a discoid holdfast. Bright to dark red in colour.

Habitat: Epilithic, generally sublittoral to 30 m.

Distribution: Generally western around the British Isles including the Shetlands but being sublittoral and probably under-recorded. Europe: Atlantic coasts of Spain and France.

Similar Species: Said to be sometimes confused with Gracilaria gracilis, the latter is however elastic and grows to 60 cms or more in length.

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

iNaturalist: Cordylecladia erecta at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

WoRMS: Cordylecladia erecta at World Register of Marine Species. Accepted name: Cordylecladia erecta (Greville) J.Agardh, 1852. AphiaID: 145847.

Classification: Biota; Plantae; Biliphyta; Rhodophyta; Eurhodophytina; Florideophyceae; Rhodymeniophycidae; Rhodymeniales; Rhodymeniaceae; Cordylecladia