Mastocarpus stellatus (Stackhouse) Guiry, 1984
(False Irish Moss)

Interactions where Mastocarpus stellatus is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
may have epiphytic Major Alcyonidium hirsutum a bryozoan Ctenostomatida: Alcyonidiidae Handbook of the Marine Fauna of North-West Europe, Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. (eds), 1996
 /Animalia/Bryozoa/Gymnolaemata/Ctenostomatida/Alcyonidiidae/Alcyonidium hirsutum/Alcyonidium hirsutuma bryozoan Plant / epiphyte /Plantae/Rhodophyta/Florideophyceae/Gigartinales/Phyllophoraceae/Mastocarpus stellatus/Mastocarpus stellatusfalse irish mossMajor grows on
may have epiphytic Major Flustrellidra hispida a bryozoan Ctenostomatida: Flustrellidridae Handbook of the Marine Fauna of North-West Europe, Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. (eds), 1996
 /Animalia/Bryozoa/Gymnolaemata/Ctenostomatida/Flustrellidridae/Flustrellidra hispida/Flustrellidra hispidaa bryozoan Plant / epiphyte /Plantae/Rhodophyta/Florideophyceae/Gigartinales/Phyllophoraceae/Mastocarpus stellatus/Mastocarpus stellatusfalse irish mossMajor grows on

Author & YearTitleSource
Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. (eds), 1996Handbook of the Marine Fauna of North-West Europereprint with minor corrections edition, 800pp, Oxford University Press

Mastocarpus stellatus (False Irish Moss) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMastocarpus stellatus (False Irish Moss)
FamilyPHYLLOPHORACEAE (a family of algae)
OrderGIGARTINALES (an order of red seaweeds)
ClassFLORIDEOPHYCEAE (a class of red seaweeds)
PhylumRHODOPHYTA (red seaweeds)
SubkingdomBILIPHYTA (red seaweeds)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Mastocarpus stellatus (False Irish Moss)

Mastocarpus stellatus (False Irish Moss) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Mastocarpus stellatus (False Irish Moss):

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