RHODOPHYTA : Ceramiales : Ceramiaceae | RED ALGAE |
Description: Thallus erect and filamentous throughout, attached by prostrate axes with rhizoids, grows erect to 1 cm long. Branches opposite, in one one plane and delicate. The final branchlets secund.
Habitat: Very rare. Epiphytic and epilithic in the sublittoral to 20 m.
Distribution: In the British Isles known only from the south-west coasts. Europe: Spain and France. Further afield: Canary Islands and the Pacific.
Distribution Map from NBN: Antithamnion densum at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.
iNaturalist: Antithamnion densum at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.
WoRMS: Antithamnion densum at World Register of Marine Species. Accepted name: Antithamnion densum (Suhr) M.Howe, 1914. AphiaID: 144511.
Classification: Biota; Plantae; Biliphyta; Rhodophyta; Eurhodophytina; Florideophyceae; Rhodymeniophycidae; Ceramiales; Ceramiaceae; Ceramioideae; Antithamnieae; Antithamnion
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Morton, O. & Picton, B.E. (2024). Antithamnion densum. (Suhr) Howe. [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. https://www2.habitas.org.uk/marbiop-ni/speciesaccounts.php?item=ZM7670. Accessed on 2025-01-10 |