Asparagopsis armata Harvey, 1855, (harpoon weed)
IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN


21 Jan 2011 at OSGR: SY67 in Dorset, England

Record SummaryTetrasporophyte (“Falkenbergia-phase”) on red seaweed at low tide
Found as
Date21 January 2011
OS grid refOSGR: SY67
Lat/Lon50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W
Vice CountyDorset, VC no: 9
CountryEngland

Notes:

Trisiphonous filaments.

No harpoons - probably Bonnemaisonia hamifera or Bringniartella byssoides.

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