APHOTOMARINE

An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that can be found in coastal waters
and intertidal areas of Great Britain and Ireland by David Fenwick.

A-P-H-O-T-O Wildlife Stock Image Library
Colpomenia peregrina Sauvageau, 1927 - Oyster Thief - invasive non-native species (Brown seaweeds)
Oyster Thief
Colpomenia peregrina
- large specimen with oyster 1

Oyster Thief
Colpomenia peregrina
- large specimens 1

Oyster Thief
Colpomenia peregrina
- with pound coin as scale 1

Oyster Thief
Colpomenia peregrina
- young thallus 1

Specimens above were found just beyond low water at Albert Pier Reef, Penzance, Cornwall, 24.05.20 but mainly 24.07.16.

Oyster Thief
Colpomenia peregrina
- on lowershore rocks 1

Oyster Thief
Colpomenia peregrina
- on lowershore rocks 2

Oyster Thief
Colpomenia peregrina
- on lowershore rocks 3

Oyster Thief
Colpomenia peregrina
- on lowershore rocks 4

Oyster Thief
Colpomenia peregrina
- on lowershore rocks 5

Oyster Thief
Colpomenia peregrina
- on lowershore rocks 6

Oyster Thief
Colpomenia peregrina
- on lowershore rocks 7

Oyster Thief
Colpomenia peregrina
- on Furbelows 1

Oyster Thief
Colpomenia peregrina
- with face 1

Oyster Thief
Colpomenia peregrina
- with face 2

Images of species taken at Chimney Rocks, Penzance, Cornwall. 18.04.11 and 11.04.12; and at other locations across Devon and Cornwall. These include Spit Point, Par, near St. Austell, Cornwall; and Batten Bay, Plymouth Sound, Devon.

AlgaeBase

AlgaeBase is a database of information on algae that includes terrestrial, marine and freshwater organisms.

Colpomenia peregrina Oyster Thief Brown Seaweed Images
The main objective of this website is in furthering environmental awareness and education through the medium of photography. To increase awareness and access to the wildlife of the region and help
people find and identify it. Sometimes the difference between species is obvious but many species can only be determined by observing microscopic characteristics that are specific to any one species.