Schmitzia hiscockiana Maggs & Guiry
Description: Thallus distinctly compressed but fleshy and
mucilaginous. Divided into blades to 80 mm long and 60 mm wide
with compressed branches growing from the margins as pinnate
parallel-sided proliferations.
Habitat:Rare, only sublittoral to 18 m on mobile
substrata such as gravel and cobble. Often in tide-swept areas
or areas with considerable wave exposure.
Distribution: Generally western Ireland, Wales, western
Scotland and south-western England; Sweden. Rare.
Reference: Maggs, C.A. & Guiry, M.D.
(1985). Life history and reproduction of
Schmitzia hiscockiana sp. nov. (Rhodophyta,
Gigartinales) from the British Isles. Phycologia 24:
297-310.
Lower image © Bernard Picton, Ulster Museum.
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