
Thongweed / Sea Thong
Himanthalia elongata
- top view 2
Thongweed / Sea Thong
Himanthalia elongata
- button group 1
Thongweed / Sea Thong
Himanthalia elongata
- button group 2
Thongweed / Sea Thong
Himanthalia elongata
- button group 3
Thongweed / Sea Thong
Himanthalia elongata
- button and young thong 1
Thongweed / Sea Thong
Himanthalia elongata
- button and young thong 2
Thongweed / Sea Thong
Himanthalia elongata
- young thalli 1
Thongweed / Sea Thong
Himanthalia elongata
- young thalli 2
Thongweed / Sea Thong
Himanthalia elongata
- floating / low tide
Thongweed / Sea Thong
Himanthalia elongata
- on estuary shoreline
Thongweed / Sea Thong
Himanthalia elongata
- button close-up 1
Thongweed / Sea Thong
Himanthalia elongata
- lowershore 1
Thongweed / Sea Thong
Himanthalia elongata
- lowershore 2
Thongweed / Sea Thong
Himanthalia elongata
- lowershore 3
Thongweed / Sea Thong
Himanthalia elongata
- with red algae epiphyte 1
Thongweed / Sea Thong
Himanthalia elongata
- with red algae epiphyte 2
Images of species taken across the south coast of Devon and Cornwall. Locations include Mount Wise, Plymouth, Devon; Charlestown near St. Austell; Battery Rocks and Albert Pier, Penzance; and at Marazion, Cornwall.
The tubeworm Spirorbis (Laeospira) inornatus may be found under Thongweed buttons. Probably best seen at the end of the year when storms was Thongweed up on the strandline.
Scientific and European Names:
Himanthalia elongata, Thongweed, Buttonweed, Sea Sphagetti, Sea Thong, Riementang, Riemwier, Himanthale, Correa.
