Description: Endophytic filaments in the outer layer of the host. Small erect filamentous in tufts unbranched or simply branched, to 1 - 2 mm long.

Habitat: Extremely rare. Epiphytic on Taonia.

Distribution: Few records from the British Isles. Europe: Mediterranean, Portugal, Spain, France, Netherlands. Further afield: Madeira, Canary Islands and India.

Similar Species: Microscopic examination required for identification.

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

iNaturalist: Kuetzingiella battersii at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

WoRMS: Kuetzingiella battersii at World Register of Marine Species. Accepted name: Kuetzingiella battersii (Bornet ex Sauvageau) Kornmann, 1956. AphiaID: 145444.

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