Description: Thallus filamentous, densely branched to 3 cms long, strongly curved, bent and stiff, usually unattached without rhizoids.

Habitat: Probally rare. Usually in quiet bays, may lie free or hooked around other plants in the low littoral and upper sublittoral.

Distribution: Few records in the British Isles. Europe: Mediterranen, Atlantic coast of France.

Similar Species: Most species of Cladophora are similar and difficult to identify, may be under-recorded.

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

iNaturalist: Cladophora battersii at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

WoRMS: Cladophora battersii at World Register of Marine Species. Accepted name: Lychaete battersii (C.Hoek) M.J.Wynne, 2017. AphiaID: 1310301.

Classification: Biota; Plantae; Viridiplantae; Chlorophyta; Chlorophytina; Ulvophyceae; Cladophorales; Cladophoraceae; Cladophora