Distribution: A northern species, recorded from the Irish Sea and west coast of Scotland, Orkney and Shetland with a few scattered records further south. Further distribution includes Norway and the Arctic Seas; Murman Sea and Baffin Bay.

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

iNaturalist: Wildemania miniata at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

WoRMS: Wildemania miniata at World Register of Marine Species. Accepted name: Wildemania miniata (C.Agardh) Foslie, 1891. AphiaID: 500421.

Classification: Biota; Plantae; Biliphyta; Rhodophyta; Eurhodophytina; Bangiophyceae; Bangiophycidae; Bangiales; Bangiaceae; Wildemania