Phyllophora sicula

This small red alga grows to a length of {{cvt|20|mm|sigfig=1}}, erect from a disc shaped holdfast. It has a short, erect, terete stipe which expands as a flattened blade branching once or twice. The blades have a cartilaginous texture with a medulla of large cells within a cortex of one or two layers of small cells.Dixon, P.S. and Irvine, L.M. 1977. Seaweeds of the British Isles Volume 1 Rhodophyta Part 1 Introduction, Nemaliales, Gigartinales. British Museum, London{{ISBN|0-565-00781-5}}Bunker F.StD., Brodie, J.A., Maggs,C.A. and Bunker, A.R. 2017. Seaweeds of Britain and Ireland. Second Edition Wild Nature Press, Plymouth, UK.{{ISBN|978-0-9955673-3-7}}

Gametangial plants are unknown. Tetrasporangial patches occur in the center of the blade.

It is found in rock pools of the lower littoral and in the sublittoral to depths of {{cvt|12|m}}.

It is generally recorded from the southwest of Great Britain, Ireland, Portugal, and elsewhere in the Mediterranean. The type locality is in Italy.

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Category:Phyllophoraceae