Description: Thallus very small forming gelatinous tufts up to 1 mm across. Consisting of endophytic filaments and short closely packed erect filaments about 12 cells long.

Habitat: Very rare. Epiphytic on Dictyota dichotoma in rock pools of ther littoral.

Distribution: A south-western species, but probably under-recorded. Europe: Mediterranean, France, Netherlands and Norway.

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

iNaturalist: Myriactula stellulata at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

GBIF data for Myriactula stellulata

WoRMS: Myriactula stellulata at World Register of Marine Species. Accepted name: Myriactula stellulata (Harvey) Levring, 1937. AphiaID: 144968.

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