Description: Thallus cylindrical, erect and tufted, entirely corticate and well branched to 12 cms long. Branches irregular and strongly inrolled at the apices.

Habitat: Epiphytic and epilithic in pools of the littoral.

Distribution: Probably widely distributed in the British Isles including the Channel Isles. Europe: France.

Similar Species: All fully corticate Ceramium species are similar and not readily identified.

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

iNaturalist: Ceramium botryocarpum at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

WoRMS: Ceramium botryocarpum at World Register of Marine Species. Accepted name: Ceramium botryocarpum A.W.Griffiths ex Harvey, 1848. AphiaID: 144535.

Classification: Biota; Plantae; Biliphyta; Rhodophyta; Eurhodophytina; Florideophyceae; Rhodymeniophycidae; Ceramiales; Ceramiaceae; Ceramioideae; Ceramieae; Ceramium