Description: Thallus monosiphonous, erect to 20 cms. Branches in an alternately or pseudodichotomous manner.

Habitat: Rather rare. Epilithic or epiphytic in deep pools of the low littoral and sublittoral to 16 m.

Distribution: Widely distributed of the south-west coasts of the British Isles. Europe: the Mediterranean, Portugal, Spain, France and south Norway. Further afield: Canary Islands.

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

iNaturalist: Monosporus pedicellatus at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

WoRMS: Monosporus pedicellatus at World Register of Marine Species. Accepted name: Monosporus pedicellatus (Smith) Solier, 1845. AphiaID: 144599.

Classification: Biota; Plantae; Biliphyta; Rhodophyta; Eurhodophytina; Florideophyceae; Rhodymeniophycidae; Ceramiales; Wrangeliaceae; Monosporeae; Monosporus