RHODOPHYTA (red algae)
Palmaria palmata
(Linnaeus) Kuntze, 1891


Lenght: ~40 cm
Width: ~6 mm


 
Thallus bladed, coriaceous, branched palmately-dichotomously, coloured dark red to almost yellow. Segments cuneate or lanceolate with lateral prolifications, rarely without them. Litophyte. Occures in sublittoral everywhere. common, Boreal-Arctic species.