CHROMOPHYTA : Ectocarpales : Chordariaceae | BROWN ALGAE |
Description: Forming very small tufts to 1 mm high spreading to several cms in diameter. Erect monostromatic filaments rising from a basal network of branching filaments.
Habitat: Generally epiphytic on various algae in the low littoral and upper sublittoral.
Distribution: Widely distributed but under-recorded in the British Isles. Europe: France, Germany, Baltic Sea, Sweden, Norway, Faroes and Iceland. Greenland. Atlantic coast of North America: Canada, United States of America. Further afield: Canary Islands and the Pacific coast of South America.
Similar Species: Many other small tufted algae are similar, all require microscopic examination for identification.
Distribution Map from NBN: Hecatonema maculans at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.
iNaturalist: Hecatonema maculans at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.
WoRMS: Hecatonema maculans at World Register of Marine Species. Accepted name: Hecatonema terminale (Kützing) Kylin, 1937. AphiaID: 145341.
Classification: Biota; Chromista; Harosa; Heterokonta; Ochrophyta; Phaeophyceae; Fucophycidae; Ectocarpales; Chordariaceae; Hecatonema
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Morton, O. & Picton, B.E. (2024). Hecatonema maculans. (F Collins) Sauvageau. [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. https://www2.habitas.org.uk/marbiop-ni/speciesaccounts.php?item=ZR2120. Accessed on 2024-10-05 |