| CHROMOPHYTA : Sphacelariales : Sphacelariaceae | BROWN ALGAE |
Sphacelaria mirabilis (Reinke ex Batters) Prud'homme van Reine
Description: Growing as a thin black crust, thick in some descriptions, growing directly on rock. Layered, without filaments.
Habitat: Very rare. Shaded rock pools in the lower intertidal.
Distribution: Recorded from scattered sites in the British Isles. Europe: Norway. Atlantic coast of North America: Virginia.
Similar Species: Ralfsia.
Distribution Map from NBN: Sphacelaria mirabilis at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.
iNaturalist: Sphacelaria mirabilis at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.
WoRMS: Sphacelaria mirabilis at World Register of Marine Species. Accepted name: Battersia mirabilis Reinke ex Batters, 1890. AphiaID: 496797.
Classification: Biota; Chromista; Harosa; Heterokonta; Ochrophyta; Phaeophyceae; Dictyotophycidae; Sphacelariales; Sphacelariaceae; Sphacelaria
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| Morton, O. & Picton, B.E. (2024). Sphacelaria mirabilis. (Reinke ex Batters) Prud'homme van Reine. [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. https://www2.habitas.org.uk/marbiop-ni/speciesaccounts.php?item=ZR4170. Accessed on 2024-10-05 |