RHODOPHYTA : Ceramiales : Delesseriaceae | RED ALGAE |
Description: Thallus foliose, small to 5 cms long with very short stipe, sometimes deeply devided dichotomously. May reattach at edge of the delicate thallus margin. Without veins and three cells rhick when mature.
Habitat: Very rare. Epilithic or epiphytic in the sublittoral.
Distribution: British Isles: only recorded from Cos Devon and Cornwall in England, Cos Clare, Sligo and Donegal in Ireland and Guernsey in the Channel Islands. Europe: Mediterranean, Azores, Portugal, Atlantic coasts of Spain and France. Further afield: Canary Islands and Morocco.
Similar Species: Other species with fan-shaped blades. Rhodophyllis divaricata has blades three cells thick.
Distribution Map from NBN: Drachiella minuta at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.
iNaturalist: Drachiella minuta at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.
GBIF data for Myriogramme minuta
WoRMS: Drachiella minuta at World Register of Marine Species. Accepted name: Myriogramme minuta Kylin, 1924. AphiaID: 238939.
Classification: Biota; Plantae; Biliphyta; Rhodophyta; Eurhodophytina; Florideophyceae; Rhodymeniophycidae; Ceramiales; Delesseriaceae; Nitophylloideae; Neuroglosseae; Drachiella
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Morton, O. & Picton, B.E. (2024). Drachiella minuta. (Kylin) Maggs et Hommersand. [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. https://www2.habitas.org.uk/marbiop-ni/speciesaccounts.php?item=ZM9970. Accessed on 2025-04-18 |