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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Porphyra umbilicalis Kützing, 1843 - Purple laver or Nori (Red Seaweed)
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Purple laver or Nori
Porphyra umbilicalis
- on middleshore 1

Purple laver or Nori
Porphyra umbilicalis
- on middleshore 2

Purple laver or Nori
Porphyra umbilicalis
- on middleshore 3

Purple laver or Nori
Porphyra umbilicalis
- on middleshore 4

Purple laver or Nori
Porphyra umbilicalis
- on middleshore 5

Purple laver or Nori
Porphyra umbilicalis
- on middleshore 6

Purple laver or Nori
Porphyra umbilicalis
- on middleshore 7

Purple laver or Nori
Porphyra umbilicalis
- on middleshore / habitat 1

Purple laver or Nori
Porphyra umbilicalis
- on lowershore 1

Purple laver or Nori
Porphyra umbilicalis
- on lowershore / in water 1

Purple laver or Nori
Porphyra umbilicalis
- on lowershore / in water 2

Purple laver or Nori
Porphyra umbilicalis
- on lowershore / in sandy pool 1

Purple laver or Nori
Porphyra umbilicalis
- on lowershore / in sandy pool 2

Purple laver or Nori
Porphyra umbilicalis
- on lowershore / in sandy pool 3

Purple laver or Nori
Porphyra umbilicalis
- on middleshore overhang 1

A thin, somewhat fragile looking edible seaweed, reasonably common, found on rocks and mussel beds on the middle and lowershore. Photographed at Spit Point and Par Beach, near St. Austell, Cornwall.

Scientific and European Names:
Porphyra umbilicalis, Purple laver, Nori, Laver, Navelwier, Purperwier, Porphyre.

Photographic Stock Image Library Page for Porphyra umbilicalis Purple Laver or Nori Red Seaweed Images
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