DETAILS

Discipline

NH: BOTANY: ALGAE

Scientific Name

Callophyllis laciniata

Common Name

Beautiful Fan Weed

Date Collected

7 August 1831

Place Collected

Scotland, North Berwick (place collected)

Vice County

082

Collection

Glasgow University Collection

Description

Also called Beautiful Fan Weed, this red seaweed is frequently found along the western coasts of Britain. It grows on rocks and on other seaweeds (epiphyte) to a depth of 30m. The specimen was collected in 1831 and is part of the Glasgow University collection.

ID Number

B.2008.48.3.4

Location

In storage

Terms

Marine Algae (British and Irish Isles)

Algae

Botany

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