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Cystoseira humilis Kützing
Description: Latterals never flattened in either adult or young plants. Branches radially arranged, filiform without swollen bases. Not iridescent.
Habitat: Rare. Littoral littoral rock pools.
Distribution: South-west England and Channel Islands. Europe: Canary Islands. Further afield: Salvage Islands, Canary Islands, Mauritania and Cape Verde Islands.
Similar Species: Other species of the genus particularly C. foeniculacea.
Key Identification Features:
- Not iridescent.
Distribution Map from NBN: Cystoseira humilis at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.
iNaturalist: Cystoseira humilis at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.
WoRMS: Cystoseira humilis at World Register of Marine Species. Accepted name: Cystoseira humilis Schousboe ex Kützing, 1860. AphiaID: 145520.
Classification: Biota; Chromista; Harosa; Heterokonta; Ochrophyta; Phaeophyceae; Fucophycidae; Fucales; Sargassaceae; Cystoseira
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| Morton, O. & Picton, B.E. (2024). Cystoseira humilis. Kützing. [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. https://www2.habitas.org.uk/marbiop-ni/speciesaccounts.php?item=ZR7080. Accessed on 2024-10-05 |