Overview

Comprehensive Description

Description

Thallus flat with prostrate foliose branches, very thin up to 5 mm wide and up to 5 cms long, overlapping. Veins microscopic. Acrosorium venulosum.
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Distribution

Distribution

Azores Exclusive Economic Zone, European waters (ERMS scope), Irish Exclusive economic Zone, Mediterranean Sea, United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone
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Distribution

British Isles, mainly south-western coasts but recorded in Wales and on the north of Ireland and in Scotland. Europe: the Mediterranean, Portugal and Spain.
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Ecology

Habitat

Depth range based on 19 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 1 sample.

Environmental ranges
  Depth range (m): 2.95 - 33.85
  Temperature range (°C): 11.244 - 11.244
  Nitrate (umol/L): 4.909 - 4.909
  Salinity (PPS): 35.218 - 35.218
  Oxygen (ml/l): 6.204 - 6.204
  Phosphate (umol/l): 0.452 - 0.452
  Silicate (umol/l): 2.311 - 2.311

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Depth range (m): 2.95 - 33.85
 
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Habitat

Sublittoral only, as patches on pebbles or rock. Generally on stones or gravel in a depth of 30 m.
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