Distribution: Europe: Norway, Sweden. Arctic Seas: Spitzbergen, Murman Sea, Novaya Zemlya, White Sea, Kara Sea, Siberian Sea, Cumberland Sound in Baffin Island and the west coast of Greenland.

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

iNaturalist: Sphacelaria arctica at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

GBIF data for Battersia arctica

WoRMS: Sphacelaria arctica at World Register of Marine Species. Accepted name: Battersia arctica (Harvey) Draisma, Prud'homme & H.Kawai, 2010. AphiaID: 624204.

Classification: Biota; Chromista; Harosa; Heterokonta; Ochrophyta; Phaeophyceae; Dictyotophycidae; Sphacelariales; Sphacelariaceae; Sphacelaria