Phyllophora crispa (Hudson) P. Dixon
Description: Rather crisp, flat, bright red
fronds, to 150 mm high, dichotomously branched. Small discoid
base and short (less than 10 mm) cylindrical tipe. Bladses with
rounded apices, crisped parallel margins, segments shortly
stalked with indistinct midrib. Fronds generally encrusted with
the circular tube-forming wormSpirorbis, bryozoans,
epiphytic coralline algae. etc.
Habitat: Frequent in shady pools in lower
intertidal and on rock subtidally. Widely distributed.
Similar species: A northern species,
Coccotylus truncatus (Pallas) Wynne et Heine (formerly
Phyllophora truncata) is found in Scotland, and in
the north of England and Wales to Durham and Anglesey, and in
Ireland south to Clare Island. This species is easily
distinguished by its gradually expanding stipe.
Photographs © M.D. Guiry
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