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Bembridge Marine Life:
Marine Flora List for Bembridge & St Helens, Isle of Wight.

Nomenclature according to Howson (1987) unless otherwise indicated.

Most records have been obtained within 5km of the shore.

Although more records have been added in recent years, further information can be obtained from:

• Collins, K.J., Herbert, R.J.H. & Mallinson, J.J (1990).
• The Marine Fauna and Flora of Bembridge and St. Helens, Isle of Wight.
• Proceedings of the Isle of Wight Natural History & Archaeological Society. 9:41-85. 
  (Journal ISSN 0140-3729)

Additional information on species distribution and abundance may be obtained from: Roger at Medina Valley Centre Marine Recorder, Isle of Wight Natural History & Archaeological Society.

New records and information would be extremely welcome.

Rhodophycota, Chromophycota, Chlorophycota, Cyanophyta, Bacillariophyceae, Chrysophycae, Haptophycae, Brading Harbour Lagoon List (Carter, 1937), Charaphycae, Lichens.

Rhodophycota 
Acrochaetiacea sp.
Ahnfeltia plicata
Anotrichium barbatum
Antithamnion cruciatum
Antithamnion spirographidis
Apoglossum ruscifolium
Asparagopsis armata
Audouinella bonnemaisoniae
Audouinella floridula
Audouinella pupurea
Audouinella sparsa
Audouinella virgatula
Bangia atropurpurea
Bonnemaisonia asparagoides
Bonnemaisonia hamifera (Traillella intricata phase)
Brongniartella byssoides
Calliblepharis ciliata
Calliblepharis jubata
Callithamnion corymbusun
Callithamnion hookeri
Callithamnion tetricum
Catenella caespitosa
Ceramium rubrum
Ceramium deslongchampii
Ceramium diaphanum
Ceramium flabelligerum
Champia parvula
Chondria dasyphylla
Chondria tenuissima
Chondrus crispus
Choreonema thuretii
Chylocladia verticillata
Corallina officinalis
Cordylecladia erecta
Cruoria pellita
Cryptopleura ramosa
Cystoclonium purpureum
? Dasya sp.
Delesseria sanguinea
Dermatolithon hapalidioides
Dermatolithon litorale
Dilsea carnosa
Drachiella spectabilis
Dudresnaya verticillata
Dumontia contorta
Erythrotrichia carnea
Fosliella farinosa
Furcellaria lumbricalis
Gelidium crinale
Gelidium latifolium
Gelidium pusillum
Gracilaria bursa-pastoris
Gracilaria verrucosa
Grateloupia filicina var. luxurians
Grateloupia filicina var.filicina
Griffithsia corallinoides
Griffithsia flosculosa
Gymnogongrus crenulatus
Gymnogongrus griffithsiae
Halarachnion ligulatum
Haliptylon squamatum
Halopitys incurvus
Halurus equisetifolius
Heterosiphonia plumosa
Hildenbrandia crouanii
Hildenbrandia rubra
Hildenbrandia sp.
Hypoglossum hypoglossoides
Jania rubens
Kallymenia reniformis
Laurencia hybrida
Laurencia obtusa
Laurencia pinnatatifida
Lithophyllum incrustans
Lithothamnion sp.
Lomentaria articulata
Lomentaria clavellosa
Mastocarpus stellatus
Melobesia membranacea
Membranoptera alata
Meredithia microphylla
Myriogramme heterocarpum
Naccaria wiggii
Palmaria palmata
Petrocelis cruenta
Peyssonnelia sp.
Phyl1ophora pseudoceranoides
Phyl1ophora trail1ii
Phyllophora crispa
Phyllophora sicula
Phymatolithon lenormandii
Phymatolithon polymorphum
Phymatolithon purpureum
Platoma sp.
Plocamium cartilagilleum
Plumaria elegans
Pneophyllum confervicolum
Pneophyllum lejolisii
Pneophyl1um limitatum
Polyides rotundus
Polysiphonia denudata
Polysiphonia elongata
Polysiphonia lanosa
Polysiphonia nigra
Polysiphonia nigrescens
Polysiphonia urceolata
Polysiphonia violacea
Porphyra leucosticta
Porphyra linearis
Porphyra purpurea
Porphyra umbilicalis
Porphyrodiscus simulans (phase of Ahnfeltia)
Pterosiphonia capillacea
Pterosiphonia thuyoides
Rhodomela confervoides
Rhodophyllis divaricata
Rhodophysema elegans
Rhodophysema georgii
Rhodymenia delicatula
Rhodymenia holmesii
Rhodymenia pseudopalmata
Schmitziella endophloea
Scinaia forcellata
Sphaerococcus coronopifolius
Sphondylothamnion multifidum
Spyridia filamentosa
Stylonema alsidii
Titanoderma corallinae
Titanoderma pustulatum

Chromophycota 

Arthrocladia villosa
Ascophyllum nodosum
Asperococcus fistulosus
Asperococcus turneri Chorda filum
Cladostephus spongiosus
Cladostephus spongiosus f. verticellatus
Colpomenia peregrina
Cutleria multifida
Cylindrocarpus microscopicus
Cystoseira baccata
Cystoseira foeniculaceus
Cystoseira nodicaulis
Cystoseira tamariscifolia
Desmarestia aculeata
Desmarestia ligulata
Desmarestia viridis
Dictyota dichotoma
Ectocarpus fasciculatus
Ectocarpus siliculosus
Elachista flaccida
Elachista fucicola
Eudesme virescens
Fucus serratus
Fucus spiralis
Fucus vesiculosus
Giffordia granulosa
Giffordia mitchelliae
Halidrys siliquosa
Halopteris filicina
Halopteris scoparia
Hecatonema maculans
Himanthalia elongata
Laminaria digitata
Laminaria hyperborea
Laminaria ochroleuca
Laminaria saccharina
Leathesia difformis
Mesogloia vermiculata
Myriactula clandestina
Myriactula rivulariae
Myrionema magnusii
Myrionema strangulans
Padina pavonica
Pelvetia canaliculata
Petalonia fascia
Petroderma maculiforme
Pilayella littoralis
Pseudolithoderma extensum
Pseudolithoderma roscoffensis
Punctaria latifolia
Punctaria plantaginea
Punctaria tennuissima
Ralfsia clavata
Ralfsia verrucosa
Saccorhiza polyschides
Sargassum muticum
Sauvageaugloia chordariaeformis
Scytosiphon lomentaria
Sphacelaria cirrosa
Sphacelaria fusca
Sphacelaria radicans
Spongonema tomentosum
Sporochnus pedunculatus
Stictyosiphon griffithsianus
Stilophora rhizodes
Striaria attenuata
Taonia atomaria
Tilopteris mertensii
Zanardinia prototypus

Chlorophycota 

Blidingia marginata
Blidingia minima
Bryopsis hypnoides
Bryopsis plumosa
Chaetomorpha capillaries
Chaetomorpha melagonium
Cladophora albida
Cladophora dalmatica
Cladophora laetevirens
Cladophora rupestris
Cladophora sericea
Codium fragile ssp. tomentosoides
Codium tomentosum
Derbesia marina
Enteromorpha compressa
Enteromorpha flexuosa
Enteromorpha intestinalis
Enteromorpha linza
Enteromorpha prolifera
Eugomontia sacculata
Monostroma grevillei
Psedenoclonium submarinum
Spongomorpha aeruginosa
Spongomorpha arcta
Ulothrix flacca
Ulva lactuca
Ulva rigida
Ulva sp.

Cyanophyta 

? Hyella sp.
Calothrix crustacea
Calothrix sp.
Entophysalis deusta
Schizothrix arenaria
Schizothrix calcicola

Bacillariophyceae 

Amphipleura rutilans
Navicula grevillei
Navicula mollis
Navicula ramossima
Nitzchia sigma var. rigidula

Chrysophycae 

 (Nomenclature: Parke & Dixon,1976)
? Entodesmis littoralis

Haptophycae (Nomenclature: Parke & Dixon, 1976)
? Chrysonema litorale
Chrysotila lamellosa

Algae recorded in Brading Harbour Lagoon: (as Harbour Lagoon, Carter, 1937)

Nomenclature is updated to Parke & Dixon (1976). Original nomenclature is given in brackets.

Amphidinium klebsii
Bipedinomonas pyriformis
Catodinium assymetricum (as Massartia asymmetrica)
Chlamydomonas quadrilobata
Chloromeson parvum
Chromulina lunaris
Chroomonas baltica
Chroomonas vectensis
Chrysomeris articulata
Chrysomeris ramosa
Cryptomonas salina
Cryptomonas stigmatica
Euglena acusformis
Euglena vermiformis
Euglena viridis
Heteromastix rotunda (as Bipedinomonas rotunda)
Nematochrysis sessilis var. vectensis
Nephroselmis minuta (as Heteromastix minuta )
Ochromonas oblonga
Olisthodiscus luteus
Pavlova salina (as Nephrochloris salina )
Platychrysis pigra
Procentrum cassubicum (as Exuviella cassubica )
Procentrum lima (as Exuviella marina )
Prymnesium minutum
Prymnesium parvum
Pseudopedinella pyriformis
Pyramichlamys excavata (as Carteria excavata )
Pyramimonas angulata
Pyramimonas octociliata
Pyramimonas olivacea
Rhizochloris arachnoides
Rhodomonas baltica
Syracosphaera brandti
Tetraselmis contracta (as Platymonas contracta )
Trachelomonas hispida var. punctata

Charaphycae (Nomenclature: Parke & Dixon, 1976)
Lamprothamnion papulosum

Lichens 
Arthropyrenia halodites
Verrucaria sp.

Angiosperms 
Ruppia maritima
Zostera marina
Zostera nana

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