Description: Thallus gelatinous, cylindrical and small, no more than 3 cms long, and 1 mm wide, branched. Epiphytic on Sauvageaugloia griffithsiana

Habitat: Very rare, near low water.

Distribution: British Isles: few records, Shetlands and Weymouth in Co. Dorset.

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

iNaturalist: Buffhamia speciosa at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

GBIF data for Buffhamia speciosa

WoRMS: Buffhamia speciosa at World Register of Marine Species. Accepted name: Buffhamia speciosa Batters, 1895. AphiaID: 145315.

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