Description: Thallus irregularly branched, terete, to over 45 cms long with a felt-like surface. Utricles with rounded apices.

Habitat: Epilithic and generally sublittoral.

Distribution: British Isles: south-wast shores of England, west and south of Ireland, the Isles of Scilly and Channel Islands. Europe: Mediterranean, Portugal, Spain and Norway.

Similar Species: Othere species of Codium save C. adhaerens and C.bursa.

Key Identification Features:

• Irregular dichotomous branching.

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

iNaturalist: Codium vermilara at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

WoRMS: Codium vermilara at World Register of Marine Species. Accepted name: Codium vermilara (Olivi) Delle Chiaje, 1829. AphiaID: 145093.

Classification: Biota; Plantae; Viridiplantae; Chlorophyta; Chlorophytina; Ulvophyceae; Bryopsidales; Codiaceae; Codium