Species Detail - False Irish Moss (Mastocarpus stellatus) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Ireland's BioBlitz".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Mastocarpus stellatus
False Irish Moss
NHMSYS0021060194
RecommendedWell-formed
Gigartina stellata , Mastocarpus stellatus (Stackhouse) Guiry, Mastocarpus stellatus (petrocelis) , Pterocelis cruenta
N/A
maste
(Stackhouse) Guiry, 1984
Alga
Species
10
7
7
21/05/2011
11/06/2016
1 January (recorded in 1985)
31 December (recorded in 1913)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Ireland's BioBlitz, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, False Irish Moss (Mastocarpus stellatus), accessed 13 June 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/189/Species/292722>