Description: Thalli form dense hemispherical cushions consisting of numerous branched, ecorticate and very delicate filaments about 7 cms long.

Habitat: Very rare. Epiphytic from low littoral to 2 m sublittoral.

Distribution: Found in the British Isles only in Dorset, Devon, Pembroke and Channel Islands. Europe: Mediterranean and Netherlands. Further afield: Canary Islands, North Pacific and South Africa.

Similar Species: Anotrichium barbatum is distinguished from A.furcellatum by the pyriform cells of A.barbatum.

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

iNaturalist: Anotrichium furcellatum at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

WoRMS: Anotrichium furcellatum at World Register of Marine Species. Accepted name: Anotrichium furcellatum (J.Agardh) Baldock, 1976. AphiaID: 144505.

Classification: Biota; Plantae; Biliphyta; Rhodophyta; Eurhodophytina; Florideophyceae; Rhodymeniophycidae; Ceramiales; Wrangeliaceae; Griffithsieae; Anotrichium