| RHODOPHYTA : Ceramiales : Ceramiaceae | RED ALGAE |
Description: Thallus filamentous and very delicate, spreading over the substrate with erect branches to a height of 3.5 cms. Extensively branched with opposite or whorls of branchlets.
Habitat: Epiphytic, epizoic and epilithic in the sublittoral to 18 m.
Distribution: Widely distributed in the British Isles but rarely recorded from the east coast. Europe: Mediterranean, Portugal, Spain and the Netherlands. Further afield: Argentina, South Africa and New Zealand.
Similar Species: Other species of Antithamnionella .
Distribution Map from NBN: Antithamnionella spirographidis at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.
iNaturalist: Antithamnionella spirographidis at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.
WoRMS: Antithamnionella spirographidis at World Register of Marine Species.
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| Morton, O., Keatley, L., Morrow, C.C. & Picton, B.E. (2026). Antithamnionella spirographidis. (Schiffner) Wollaston. [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. https://habitas.org/mbdp/species.php?item=ZM7750. Accessed on 2026-11-01 |