Description: Thallus compressed, branching irregularly in one plane, spreading, erect or decumbent to 10 cms long.

Habitat: Rare. Epilithic and epiphytic in the lower littoral and sub-littoral to 10 m.

Distribution: British Isles: southern shores of Ireland and England including the Scilly Isles and the Channel Islands. Europe: the Mediterranean, Portugal, Spain, France and Norway. Further afield: Morocco.

Similar Species: Callophyllis cristata.

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

iNaturalist: Microcladia glandulosa at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

WoRMS: Microcladia glandulosa at World Register of Marine Species. Accepted name: Microcladia glandulosa (Solander ex Turner) Greville, 1830. AphiaID: 144597.

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