Department:

Rhodophyta

Class:

Florideophyceae

Habitat:

Hard soil

Occurrence:

Distributed worldwide, near the surface down to 20 m depth

Size:

Appearance:

Calcareous, dichotomously branched bushes, fixed with a small conical disc

Behaviour:

Often epiphytic, living on the brown algae Cladostephus or Cystoseira