Antithamnion densum (Suhr) Howe from Clare Island, Ireland: a marine red alga new to the British Isles

Authors: Guiry, M.D. and Maggs, C.A.

Journal: Cryptogamie: Algologie

Volume: 12

Issue: 3

Pages: 189-194

Abstract:

Antithamnion densum (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta), previously known in the North Atlantic from three sites in NW France, is reported from the subtidal of a wave-exposed site at Clare I., Co. Mayo, Ireland, where it grows epiphytically on various macroalgae. The finding of the Trailliella-phase of the adventive red alga Bonnemaisonia hamifera at Clare I. in 1911, shortly after it had been discovered on the south coast of England, indicates the potential for the transport of introduced species to the west coast of Ireland. -from Authors

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