23 December 2025

Nitophyllum punctatum - Spotted scarf weed - Stippeltjeswier

Nitophyllum punctatum  (Stackhouse) Greville, 1830 *

Spotted scarf weed - Stippeltjeswier

Springersdiep, the Netherlands, 9-6-2025.

Slikken van Flakkee, the Netherlands, 1-8-2022.

Slikken van Flakkee, the Netherlands, 1-8-2022.

Slikken van Flakkee, the Netherlands, 1-8-2022. Partly overgrown by Botrylloides violaceus  (Colonial sea squirt - Gewone slingerzakpijp).


* Luna van der Loos (23-12-2025): In the Netherlands this species was thought to be Nitophyllum stellatocorticatum (also stellato-corticatum), but after DNA testing they all turned out to be Nitophyllum punctatum.