Delicate membranous monostromatic reddish-brown fronds, becoming pink on drying, to 150 mm long, with very short stipe from basal holdfast. 

Original publication: Le Jolis, A. (1863). Liste des algues marines de Cherbourg. Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Sciences Naturelles de Cherbourg 10: 5-168, pls I-IV.

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Acording Algaebase this name is a taxonomic synonym of Pyropia leucosticta (Thuret) Neefus & J.Brodie

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Type locality: Rochers des Flamandes, Cherbourg, France (Brodie & Irvine 2003: 120).

Type: Thuret; 28 February 1857; PC (Brodie & Irvine 2003: 120).

Notes: Isotypes in CHE (Brodie & Irvine, 2003: 120).