Thallus tufted, vividly red, axes cylindrical, thin, only sparsely branching at first, later characteristically with relatively long, unillaterally inserted appendices. Attachment-filaments. Height to 20 cm.

Original publication: Agardh, J.G. (1842). Algae maris Mediterranei et Adriatici, observationes in diagnosin specierum et dispositionem generum. pp. [i]-x, 1-164. Parisiis [Paris]: Apud Fortin, Masson et Cie.

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Loiseaux-de Goër, S. & Noailles, M.-C. (2008). Algues de Roscoff. pp. [1]-215, col. figs. Roscoff: Editions de la Station Biologique de Roscoff.

Bondu, S., Cocquempot, B., Deslandes, E. & Morin, P. (2008). Effects of salt and light stress on the release of volatile halogenated organic compounds by Solieria chordalis: a laboratory incubation study. Botanica Marina 51: 485-492.
Bondu, S., Kervarec, N., Deslandes, E. & Pichon, R. (2009). The use of HRMAS NMR spectroscopy to study the in vivo intra-cellular carbon/nitrogen ratio of Solieria chordalis (Rhodophyta). Proceedings of the International Seaweed Symposium 19: 223-229, 3 figs.

Type species: This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Solieria

Basionym: Delesseria chordalis C.Agardh

Type locality: In mari Gaditano, unde specimina miserunt Cabrera & Heredia. [Cádiz, Spain] (Agardh 1822: 189).