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.

A-P-H-O-T-O Wildlife Stock Image Library
Sargassum muticum (Yendo) Fensholt, 1955 - Wireweed or Japweed
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Wireweed or Japweed
Sargassum muticum
- in middleshore pool 1

Wireweed or Japweed
Sargassum muticum
- in middleshore pool 2

Wireweed or Japweed
Sargassum muticum
- in middleshore pool 3

Wireweed or Japweed
Sargassum muticum
- in middleshore pool 4

Wireweed or Japweed
Sargassum muticum
- in middleshore pool 5

Wireweed or Japweed
Sargassum muticum
- washed ashore 1

Wireweed or Japweed
Sargassum muticum
- washed ashore 2

Images of species taken at Spit Point, Par, near St. Austell, Cornwall, 13.01.09 and 12.07.10; also at Par Beach, near St. Austell, Cornwall, 16.07.10.

A very common and widespread alien species, found widely across the region.

Scientific and European Names:
Sargassum muticum, Japweed, Japanese seaweed, Japanischer Beerentang, Japans bessenwier, Sargasse japonaise, Sargazo japanes.

Sargassum muticum Wireweed and Japweed Brown Seaweed Images
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