RHODOPHYTA : Corallinales : HapalidiaceaeRED ALGAE

Lithothamnion lemoineae Adey


Description: Encrusting thallus up to 12 cms and up to 2 mm thick becoming knobbly or simply branched, irregular. Margin without orbital ridges and a smooth surface. Also to be found as unattached plants growing into unattached masses irregularly branched. Conceptacles crowded and slightly domed with a rim surrounding the central pore plate.

Habitat: Very Rare. Epilithic in the littoral.

Distribution: British Isles: Northumberland and Orkney. Atlantic coast of North America: Canada.

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

iNaturalist: Lithothamnion lemoineae at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

WoRMS: Lithothamnion lemoineae at World Register of Marine Species.

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 Morton, O., Keatley, L., Morrow, C.C. & Picton, B.E. (2026). Lithothamnion lemoineae. Adey. [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland.
https://habitas.org/mbdp/species.php?item=ZM4635. Accessed on 2026-11-01