Description: Thallus filamentous, tufted to 25 cms long. Branches acropetally organised, the oldest at the base.

Habitat: Very rare. In shaded rock pools of the low-littoral and in the sublittoral to 30 m.

Distribution: Few scattered records in the British Isles. Europe: Mediterranean, Azores, Atlantic coasts of Spain and France.

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

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

iNaturalist: Cladophora prolifera at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

WoRMS: Cladophora prolifera at World Register of Marine Species. Accepted name: Cladophora prolifera (Roth) Kützing, 1843. AphiaID: 145060.

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