| Genus: |
Zanardinia Nardo ex Zanardini |
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Description: |
Zanardinia typus is a fairly small brown seaweed with flat fronds that may be either round or fan-like and possibly irregular in shape. The appearance may change with age, varying in colour from olive to dark brown or black and in texture from smooth to leathery. The edge of the fronds may be smooth or ruffled, and has a distinct fringe of hairs. Original publication: Greuter, W. (2000). Notices of publications. Cryptogamae, 2. Optima Newsletter 35: 1-38.
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| Biogeography |
NE Atlantic (SW Ireland and SW Britain, Canary Is); Mediterranean (Italy). |
| References |
Cormaci, M., Furnari, G., Catra, M., Alongi, G. & Giaccone, G. (2012). Flora marina bentonica del Mediterraneo: Phaeophyceae. Bollettino dell'Accademia Gioenia 45: 1-508. |
| Habitat: |
Marine species, found mainly on silty boulders or bedrock, rarely on living substrata, sublittorally from shallow water to about 20 m depth |
| Type information: |
Basionym: Stifftia typus Nardo |
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