APHOTOMARINE

An Educational Photographic Resource and Stock Image Library
of the Sea, Maritime Environment, Marine and Rockpool Life in the
Coastal Waters of South-West England by David Fenwick.

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Alaria esculenta (Linnaeus) Greville, 1830 - Dabberlocks or Badderlocks
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Dabberlocks, Badderlocks or Murlins
Alaria esculenta
- in lowershore pool 1

Dabberlocks, Badderlocks or Murlins
Alaria esculenta
- in lowershore gully 1

Dabberlocks, Badderlocks or Murlins
Alaria esculenta
- in lowershore gully 2

Dabberlocks, Badderlocks or Murlins
Alaria esculenta
- in lowershore gully 3

Dabberlocks, Badderlocks or Murlins
Alaria esculenta
- in lowershore gully 4

Dabberlocks, Badderlocks or Murlins
Alaria esculenta
- in lowershore gully 5

Dabberlocks, Badderlocks or Murlins
Alaria esculenta
- in lowershore gully 6

Dabberlocks, Badderlocks or Murlins
Alaria esculenta
- in lowershore gully 7

Photographed in gullies on a low spring tide at Stackhouse Cove near Rosudgeon, Cornwall. 21.01.11. SW5492028165. Also found in small amounts on the lowershore at Skilly, south of Newlyn, Penwith, Cornwall.

'Badderlocks' is a corruption of Balder's locks, the split fronds being likened to the locks of the Scandinavian hero Balder, to whom all plants except mistletoe swore fealty. Ref: Edward Step; By the Deep Sea. A Popular Introduction to the Wild Life of the British Shores. 1896.

Scientific and European Names:
Alaria esculenta, Dabberlocks, Badderlocks, Murlins, Winged kelp, Vingetang, Kelp.

Alaria esculenta Dabberlocks Badderlocks Murlins Brown Seaweed Images
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