Quantitative measurement of macroalgal thallus morphology and its link with epifaunal communities remains largely unexplored in the central Mediterranean. This paper explores the link between thallus morphology and the associated mobile epifaunal assemblages of three common macroalgae native to the Maltese Islands (central Mediterranean Sea): Ellisolandia elongata, Jania rubens, and Dictyota spp. (D. dichotoma, D. mediterranea...