Description: Frond cylindrical, hollow in the centre, sparsely branched and gelatinous. Peripheral moniliform filaments branched and numerous.

Habitat: Very rare. Epilithic or epiphytic on Laminaria.

Distribution: Few scattered records in the British Isles. Europe: France, Baltic Sea and Norway. Atlantic coast of North America: Canada.

Similar Species: Myriocladia tomentosa has simple, not branched, filaments.

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

iNaturalist: Myriocladia lovenii at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

WoRMS: Myriocladia lovenii at World Register of Marine Species. Accepted name: Myriocladia lovenii J.Agardh, 1841. AphiaID: 144925.

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