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.
Rhodophyta (Red Seaweeds)
Acrochaetium virgatulum syn. Audouinella virgatula ?
Ahnfeltia plicata - Landlady's Wig
Asparagopsis armata - Harpoon Weed
Boergeseniella fruticulosa - A Red Seaweed
Bonnemaisonia hamifera - Hooked Weed
Calliblepharis jubata - Lance Shaped Eyelash Weed
Callithamnion tetragonum (probably) - A Red Seaweed
Callophyllis laciniata - Beautiful Fan Weed
Catenella caespitosa - A Red Seaweed
Ceramium virgatum - Hornweed
Ceramium species - A Red Seaweed
Chondrus crispus - Carragheen or Irish Moss
Chylocladia verticillata - A Red Seaweed
Colaconema caespitosum - A Red Seaweed
Compsothamnion gracillimum
- Most Graceful Elegant Small Bush Weed ?
Corallina officinalis - Coral Weed
Cryptopleura ramosa - Branched Hidden Ribs
Delesseria sanguinea - Bloody Sea Dock
Dilsea carnosa - Red Rags or False Dulse
Dumontia contorta syn. incrassata
- Dumont's Tubular Weed
Gastroclonium ovatum
- Egg Shaped Juice Branch Weed
Gelidium pulchellum - A Red Seaweed
Gelidium pusillum - A Red Seaweed
Gracilaria gracilis - Slender Wart Weed
Jania rubens - Reddish Coral Weed
Lomentaria articulata - Jointed Pod Weed
Mastocarpus stellatus - False Irish Moss
Nemalion helminthoides - Threadweed or Sea Noodles
Osmundea hybrida - A Red Seaweed
Osmundea pinnatifida - Pepper Dulse
Palmaria palmata - Dulse, Dillisk or Crannach
Phycodrys rubens - Red Sea Oak
Plocamium nanum - Wiry Cock's Comb (probable ID)
Plumaria plumosa - A Red Seaweed
Polyides rotundus - Goat Tang
Porphyra linearis - A Red Seaweed
Porphyra umbilicalis - Purple Laver or Nori
Rhodochorton (Audouinella) purpureum
Rhodochorton (Audouinella) purpureum ? (in sea cave)
Rhodothamniella floridula - A Red Seaweed
Rhodymenia pseudopalmata - Rosy Fan Weed
Vertebrata lanosa synonym Polysiphonia lanosa
- Many Tubed Gable Weed
Also see -
Karenia mikimotoi - Red Tide Event in St. Austell Bay
Click on links above for more images.
Many thanks to Professor Michael Guiry for his help in identifying some of the seaweeds featured on this page.
Michael Guiry's Seaweed Website
European Names - Seaweed, Algae, Algen, Algen, Algues, Algas, Alghe.
