Description: Thallus filamentous with few branches.

Habitat: Recorded from stagnent as well as turbulent waters, in brackish water and on mud-flats.

Distribution: Rare in the British Isles. Europe: Mediterranean and Black Sea, Atlantic coast of Spain, France, Netherlands and Germany. Atlantic coast of America: Massachusetts.

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

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

iNaturalist: Cladophora globulina at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

GBIF data for Cladophora globulina

WoRMS: Cladophora globulina at World Register of Marine Species. Accepted name: Cladophora globulina (Kützing) Kützing, 1845. AphiaID: 145047.

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