Description: Fronds gelatinous to 20 cms long, with a cylindrical axis and irregular branching from the base.

Habitat: Abundant in places. Mid to lower littoral.

Distribution: Widespread around the British Isles. Europe: Spain, France, Baltic, Norway and Iceland. Further afield: Arctic Sea: the Murman Sea in the Arctic and Canary Islands.

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

iNaturalist: Mesogloia vermiculata at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

GBIF data for Mesogloia vermiculata

WoRMS: Mesogloia vermiculata 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; Mesogloia