Description: Small erect and gelatinous thalli to 5 mm long, easily squashed. Axis consisting of elongate-cylindrical cells with radiating filaments packed together.

Habitat: Rare. Epiphytic on various alga in the lower littoral and shallow sublittoral.

Distribution: Few records from Britain and Ireland. Europe: Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden and Norway. Further afield: the Canary Islands.

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

iNaturalist: Microcoryne ocellata at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

GBIF data for Microcoryne ocellata

WoRMS: Microcoryne ocellata at World Register of Marine Species. Accepted name: Microcoryne ocellata Strömfelt, 1888. AphiaID: 144956.

Classification: Biota; Chromista; Harosa; Heterokonta; Ochrophyta; Phaeophyceae; Fucophycidae; Ectocarpales; Chordariaceae; Microcoryne