| CHROMOPHYTA : Ectocarpales : Chordariaceae | BROWN ALGAE |
Description: Fronds growing to 70 cms as tufts, branching irregularly with an axis of elongated cells, and clothed with short assimilatory filaments 2 - 6 cells long, each ending in a large globular cell. Gelatinous.
Habitat: Rare. Lower littoral rock pools.
Distribution: Widely distributed but with few scattered records around the British Isles. Europe: Baltic Sea and Norway. Atlantric coast of North America: Newfoundland. Further afield: Japan.
Distribution Map from NBN: Sphaerotrichia divaricata at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.
iNaturalist: Sphaerotrichia divaricata at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.
WoRMS: Sphaerotrichia divaricata at World Register of Marine Species.
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| Morton, O., Keatley, L., Morrow, C.C. & Picton, B.E. (2026). Sphaerotrichia divaricata. (C Agardh) Kylin. [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. https://habitas.org/mbdp/species.php?item=ZR3710. Accessed on 2026-11-01 |