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Cornish Red Data (2009)

The descriptive text, below the map, is from the Cornish Red Data Book (2009). The map on this web page depicts the organisms distribution and shows the records made pre-2000 and those made since.

Gelidiella calcicola



Range & Status

A relatively recently described species, which has been found (1985) in the Falmouth and Helford estuaries. In that same year it was also discovered in Milford Haven. It is also known from the west and north-eastern coast of Ireland. A small creeping epiphyte of ma\'ebrl spp., infrequently recorded, but probably quite common on all ma\'ebrl beds.

Source:

I.J. Bennallick, S. Board, C.N. French, P.A. Gainey, C. Neil, R. Parslow, A. Spalding and P.E. Tompsett. eds. 2009. Red Data Book for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. 2nd Edition.Croceago Press.

The Cornish Red Data Book Project was led by the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Federation for Biological Recorders (CISFBR). The full text and species accounts (minus the maps) are available on the CISFBR website.