Description: Gelatinous fronds, tufted to 5 cms long branches irregularly pinnate.

Habitat: Very rare.

Distribution: Elgin in Scotland, south-west coast of Ireland and the Channel Islands. Europe: Mediterranean, Portugal, Atlantic coast of Spain and France. Further afield: the Canary Islands.

Similar Species: Mesogloia vermiculata

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

iNaturalist: Liebmannia leveillei at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

GBIF data for Mesogloia vermiculata

WoRMS: Liebmannia leveillei at World Register of Marine Species. Accepted name: Mesogloia vermiculata (Smith) S.F.Gray, 1821. AphiaID: 144924.

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