CHROMOPHYTA : Sphacelariales : SphacelariaceaeBROWN ALGAE

Sphacelaria arctica Harvey

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

iNaturalist: Sphacelaria arctica at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

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

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 Morton, O. & Picton, B.E. (2024). Sphacelaria arctica. Harvey. [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland.
https://www2.habitas.org.uk/marbiop-ni/speciesaccounts.php?item=ZR4130. Accessed on 2024-07-07