The distribution of Padina pavonica (L.) Lamour. 

 (Phaeophyta : Dictyotales) on British and adjacent 

 European shores 



James H. Price 



Department of Botany, British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD 



Ian Tittley 



Department of Botany, British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD 



and 



Walter D. Richardson 



Department of Biological Sciences, Goldsmiths' College, University of London, New Cross, 

 London SE1 4 6NW 



Contents 



Synopsis ............. 2 



Introduction ............. 2 



General distribution and ecology 3 



Life-history ............ 4 



Distribution along the coasts of the British Isles 11 



Aberdeenshire ............ 12 



Essex. ............. 14 



Kent 14 



Sussex ............. 15 



Isle of Wight 16 



Dorset 18 



Devon (South) 23 



Cornwall ............. 28 



Devon (North) 



Glamorgan ............ 30 



Pembrokeshire ............ 30 



Anglesey ............. 30 



Lancashire ........... 



Ayrshire ............. 31 



Argyllshire. ............ 32 



Ireland 



Co. Galway 



Co. Cork 



Distribution along adjacent continental coasts ....... 



Benelux ............ 



Netherlands ............ 



Belgium ............. 



France ............. 



Nord [French Flanders] .......... 36 



Pas de Calais 36 



Somme ............ 



Seine Maritime ........... 



Eure ............. 



Calvados ............ 



Manche ............. 



Channel Islands 41 



Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Bot.) 7(1): 1-67 Issued 25 October 1979 



