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Bearded red seaweed - Anotrichium barbatum - General information

Image Christine Campbell - Laboratory specimen of Anotrichium barbatum. Plant width ca 3 cm.
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Anotrichium barbatum recorded () and expected () distribution in Britain and Ireland (see below)

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Researched by:	Emily Wilson	Refereed by:

Taxonomy

Phylum	Rhodophyta	Red seaweeds
Class	Rhodophyta	Red seaweeds

Recorded distribution in Britain and Ireland	Isolated records at Cardigan Bay (between Pwllheli and Abersoch), Wales and Torquay.
Habitat information	Found on pebbles and gravel in old oyster beds.
Description	A small, filamentous, rose-pink seaweed forming much-branched, extremely delicate tufts 2-6cm high.

This review can be cited as follows:

Emily Wilson 2003. Anotrichium barbatum. Bearded red seaweed. Marine Life Information Network: Biology and Sensitivity Key Information Sub-programme [on-line]. Plymouth: Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. [cited 03/09/2010]. Available from: <http://www.marlin.ac.uk/speciesfullreview.php?speciesID=2529>

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