Common name: -

Scientific name: Cystoseira abies-marina (S.G. Gmel.) C. Agardh.

Family: Cystoseiraceae

Distribution and Habitat: It is mostly present in the Macronesian islands. Widely spread out in the infralittoral zone, in places subject to wave action.

Description: This alga is 10-50 cm in length (variable according to ecology); it is thorny, yellowish and does not have a real basal disk. It has a dark and cylindrical axle.

Conservation statute and Threats: -

Observations: -