irish moss, carragheen
Chondrus crispus
Category: Seagrass & Algae
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Rhodophyta
- Class
- Florideophyceae
- Order
- Gigartinales
- Family
- Gigartinaceae
- Genus
- Chondrus
Where to Find
Found in 17 diving areas across 10 countries and 3 regions.
- Jeju Island, South Korea - 1 records
- North Sea Coast, Denmark - 9 records
- Corsica, France - 8 records
- South Coast, Ireland - 228 records
- West Coast, Ireland - 147 records
- Sardinia, Italy - 8 records
- Al Hoceima, Morocco - 1 records
- Azores, Portugal - 1 records
- Baltic Coast, Sweden - 1 records
- West Coast (Gothenburg), Sweden - 8354 records
- Cornwall & Devon, United Kingdom - 785 records
- Northumberland & Northeast, United Kingdom - 352 records
- Scapa Flow, Orkney, United Kingdom - 300 records
- Scottish East Coast & Borders, United Kingdom - 295 records
- Scottish West Coast, United Kingdom - 315 records
- New Brunswick & Bay of Fundy, Canada - 230 records
- Newfoundland, Canada - 74 records