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Cystoseira tamariscifolia (Huds.) Papenf. is generally regarded as characteristic of warmer seas, being particularly abundant on the Atlantic shores of Europe and North Africa and in the Mediterranean1. In the British Isles it is frequent on the south-west of England and on the south and west coasts of Ireland2, extending on occasion to Co. Donegal3 and Co. Antrim4. It has rarely been recorded from Scotland: early records exist from the coasts of Ayrshire and Kintyre5 while from the Island of Barra in the Outer Hebrides a single specimen in the drift6 and one or two dredged specimens3 have been recorded.
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STEWART, W. Occurrence of Cystoseira tamariscifolia (Huds.) Papenf. on the West Coast of Scotland. Nature 195, 402–403 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/195402b0
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