Species under Desmarestia
n= 12
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Desmarestia aculeata
(Linnaeus) J.V. Lamouroux
Wiry acid weed Eastern Pacific, Northeast Atlantic and the Arctic
Desmarestia anceps
Montagne, 1842
Largefoot Desmarestia Southeast Pacific, Pacific Antarctic and Atlantic Antarctic 400
Desmarestia chordalis
Hooker & Harvey, 1845
Striped Desmarestia Pacific, Atlantic Antarctic and Antarctic Indian Ocean 300
Desmarestia confervoides
(Bory de Saint-Vincent) Ramírez & Peters, 1993
Filamentous Desmarestia Southeast Pacific, Southwest Atlantic and Antarctic 100
Desmarestia distans
(C. Agardh) J. Agardh
Southeast Pacific
Desmarestia firma
(C. Agardh) Skottsberg
Antarctic, Altantic to Indo-Pacific
Desmarestia latifrons
Kützing
Eastern Pacific
Desmarestia ligulata
(Lightfoot) J.V. Lamouroux
Broad acid weed Eastern Pacific
Desmarestia ligulata var. ligulata
(C. Agardh) J. Agardh
Eastern Pacific
Desmarestia menziesii
J. Agardh
Antarctic Pacific
Desmarestia munda
Setchell & N.L. Gardner
Eastern Pacific
Desmarestia viridis
(O.F. Müller) J.V. Lamouroux
Stringy acid weed Eastern Pacific and the Arctic
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