CHLOROPHYTA : Ulvales : Kornmanniaceae | GREEN ALGAE |
Description: Crusts of irregularly branched prostrate filaments with erect filaments no more tham 8 cells long.
Habitat: Very small. Marine on mud, woodwork, rock or stone. Upper littoral and in salt marshes.
Distribution: Widely distributed in the British Isles. Europe: Portugal, Spain, France, Netherlands, the Baltic, Norway and Iceland. Greenland. Atlantic coast of North America: Canada, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Long Island, Virginia, Florida and Bermuda.
Similar Species: Requires microscopic examination for identification.
Distribution Map from NBN: Pseudendoclonium submarinum at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.
iNaturalist: Pseudendoclonium submarinum at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.
GBIF data for Pseudendoclonium submarinum
WoRMS: Pseudendoclonium submarinum at World Register of Marine Species. Accepted name: Pseudendoclonium submarinum Wille, 1901. AphiaID: 144879.
Classification: Biota; Plantae; Viridiplantae; Chlorophyta; Chlorophytina; Ulvophyceae; Ulvales; Kornmanniaceae; Pseudendoclonium
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Morton, O. & Picton, B.E. (2024). Pseudendoclonium submarinum. Wille. [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. https://www2.habitas.org.uk/marbiop-ni/speciesaccounts.php?item=ZS800. Accessed on 2025-04-21 |