Stenogramma interruptum (C.Agardh) Montagne
Also known as Stenogramme interrupta and Stenogramma interrupta.
Common name: Papery Fan Weed
Description: Cartilaginous, flattened, bright
red fronds, to 70 mm high, shortly stipitate from discoid base.
Lamina fan-shaped, more or less dichotomously divided, segments
about 10 mm wide, with rounded apices, margin usually smooth,
rarely proliferous. Reproductive structures often occurring in a
clearly visible, often discontinuous, 'midrib' over the surface
of the fronds.
Habitat: On rocks, stones, pebbles; almost
exclusively subtidal, southern and western coasts, occasional.
Similar Species:
Phyllophora sicula; Rhodymenia pseudopalmata;
Schottera nicaeensis.
Port na Willan, Steint, Rathlin Island, Co. Antrim, Northern
Ireland; subtidal © Francis Bunker, MarineSeen
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