| RHODOPHYTA : Ceramiales : Delesseriaceae | RED ALGAE |
Description: Thallus fan shaped to 15 cms long and 20 cms broad. Frond divides dichotomously into rounded lobes, attached by a short cylindrical stipe. Blade without veins, monostromatic when young, increasing with age to 4 cells thick.
Habitat: Common. Epilithic and epiphytic on Laminaria from very low littoral to 21 m sublittoral.
Distribution: Widely distributed around the British Isles including Shetlands. Europe: Spain and France. Further afield: South Africa.
Similar Species: Drachiella heterocarpa.
Key Identification Features:
Distribution Map from NBN: Haraldiophyllum bonnemaisonii at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.
iNaturalist: Haraldiophyllum bonnemaisonii at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.
WoRMS: Haraldiophyllum bonnemaisonii at World Register of Marine Species.
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| Morton, O., Keatley, L., Morrow, C.C. & Picton, B.E. (2026). Haraldiophyllum bonnemaisonii. (Kylin) A Zinova. [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. https://habitas.org/mbdp/species.php?item=ZM9950. Accessed on 2026-11-01 |