Erythrodermis traillii (Batters) Guiry & Garbary
Also known as Phyllophora traillii Holmes ex Batters and Erythrodermis allenii
Description: Cartilaginous, light red fronds, to 30 mm high, with short cylindrical stipes from small discoid holdfasts. Blades flat, simple with parallel sides or dichotomously divided, sometimes with the appearance of a midrib. Reproductive structures borne in small fringing leaflets.
Habitat: On shady rocks and pool margins, often in caves, intertidal at all levels, widely distributed.
Similar species: Rhodymenia delicatula.
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