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Eyelash weed - Calliblepharis ciliata - General information

Image Francis Bunker - Beautiful eyelash weed Calliblepharis ciliata on silted bedrock. Image width ca 20 cm.
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Calliblepharis ciliata recorded () and expected () distribution in Britain and Ireland (see below)

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Researched by:	Marisa Sabatini	Refereed by:

Taxonomy

Phylum	Rhodophyta	Red seaweeds
Class	Rhodophyta	Red seaweeds

Recorded distribution in Britain and Ireland	Recorded on the Orkneys and the coast of Yorkshire but predominently from the south east to the west coast of England, around the coast of Ireland and the west coast of Scotland.
Habitat information	Epilithic, occasionally epiphytic. It is found down to depths of 21 m, sometimes extending into pools in the lower littoral. It may also be found forming dense stands on muddy rocks.
Description	Calliblepharis ciliata is bright to dark red in colour. The main blade is erect and forms into a wedge shape or ovate lobe that expands into a dichotomous or irregularly divided blade up to 7 cm broad and 30 cm long and 350-650 µm thick (Dixon & Irvine, 1977). Small branches arise from the main blade. Calliblepharis ciliata can vary considerably in blade width and degree of subdivision. In southeastern England its blades are often only 10-15 µm thick. The branchlets (proliferations) that arise from the margins of the blade are either pointed or rounded. Patches of encrusting bryozoans are very common on old specimens.

This review can be cited as follows:

Marisa Sabatini 2005. Calliblepharis ciliata. Eyelash weed. 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=2840>

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