RHODOPHYTA : Corallinales : CorallinaceaeRED ALGAE

Lithophyllum crouaniorum Foslie, 1899


Description: Encrusting and calcified to 2 mm (or more) thick without protuberances. The surface is smooth, the margin without orbital ridges. Conceptacles as pale discs with central pore elliptical, becomming burried witn age.

Habitat: Common on rocks, shells and Laminaria holdfasts in the low littoral into the sublittoral to 50 m.

Distribution: Throughout the British Isles. Europe: Spain, Iceland, Faroes and the Baltic. Atlantic coast of North America: Canada and Long Island. Further afield: Arctic Russia..

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

iNaturalist: Lithophyllum crouaniorum at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

WoRMS: Lithophyllum crouaniorum at World Register of Marine Species.

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 Morton, O., Keatley, L., Morrow, C.C. & Picton, B.E. (2026). Lithophyllum crouaniorum. Foslie, 1899. [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland.
https://habitas.org/mbdp/species.php?item=ZM4110. Accessed on 2026-11-01