Description: Thallus of minute branched filaments

Habitat: Rare. Epiphytic and in saltmarshes.

Distribution: Rare in Britain. Europe: Netherlands and Norway. Atlantic coast of North America: Massachusetts and Washington.

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

iNaturalist: Wittrockiella paradoxa at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

WoRMS: Wittrockiella paradoxa at World Register of Marine Species. Accepted name: Wittrockiella amphibia (Collins) C.Boedeker & G.I.Hansen, 2010. AphiaID: 624489.

Classification: Biota; Plantae; Viridiplantae; Chlorophyta; Chlorophytina; Ulvophyceae; Cladophorales; Pithophoraceae; Wittrockiella