Species Gallery (Ochrophyta)
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Exposed sublittoral fringe bedrock with Alaria esculenta, Isles of Scilly.
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
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Alaria esculenta at the water's edge.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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Alaria esculenta culture on long-line in Ard Bay, Connamara.
Copyright: Dr Stefan Kraan
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Alaria esculenta on sublittoral fringe rock.
Copyright: Dr Stefan Kraan
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Alaria esculenta zoospores.
Copyright: Dr Stefan Kraan
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Aquaculture of Alaria esculenta on ropes in Ireland.
Copyright: Dr Stefan Kraan
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Broad band of Alaria esculenta at Rockall.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Early sporophytes of Alaria esculenta growing on female filamentous gametophyte.
Copyright: Dr Stefan Kraan
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Male filamentous gametophyte.
Copyright: Dr Stefan Kraan
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Oogonium (egg) on female gametophyte.
Copyright: Dr Stefan Kraan
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Isolated growth of Ascophyllum nodosum on rock.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Ascophyllum nodosum with Fucus serratus.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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Ascophyllum nodosum at high tide with Aurelia aurita, the moon jellyfish.
Copyright: Sue Scott
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Ascophyllum nodosum at Noss Mayo, Devon.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Ascophyllum nodosum on the sea shore.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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Ascophyllum nodosum with the epiphyte Polysiphonia lanosa.
Copyright: Peter Barfield
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Ascophyllum nodosum with the red seaweed Polysiphonia lanosa.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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A close up view of Ascophyllum nodosum ecad mackaii.
Copyright: Sue Scott
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A thick bed of Ascophyllum nodosum showing the flotation bladders.
Copyright: Sue Scott
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Dark green Ascophyllum nodosum.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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Free-living Ascophyllum nodosum mackaii plant amongst upper shore fucoids.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Light brown Ascophyllum nodosum on an intertidal rock.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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Bifurcaria bifurcata on exposed shore at Portland Bill, Dorset.
Copyright: MarClim
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Bifurcaria bifurcata at Ilfracombe.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Bifurcaria bifurcata in rock pool.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Bifurcaria bifurcata in shallow water.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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Clump of Bifurcaria bifurcata.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Carpomitra costata outlined against sea fingers.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Carpomitra costata in soft sediment.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Carpomitra costata with dead man's fingers in background.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Carpomitra costata.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Carpomitra costata.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Carpomitra costata.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Chorda filum.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Stand of Chorda filum in Babbacombe Bay, Devon.
Copyright: Paul Newland
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Colpomenia peregrina
Copyright: Derek Mayes
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Colpomenia peregrina amongst other intertidal seaweeds.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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Colpomenia peregrina with Himanthalia elongata.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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Lone Colpomenia peregrina sticking out of the water.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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Two Colpomenia peregrina specimens in very shallow water.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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Cystoseira tamariscifolia in rockpool.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Cystoseira tamariscifolia
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Bright blue tips of Cystoseira tamariscifolia.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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Bushy growth of Cystoseira tamariscifolia.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Dictyopteris polypodioides off the Island of Sark.
Copyright: Paul Newland
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Fucus ceranoides.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Detail of frond of Fucus ceranoides.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Fucus distichus on rocky shore.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Fucus distichus
Copyright: Robert Beharie
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Fucus distichus
Copyright: Robert Beharie
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Fucus serratus patch on a rocky shore.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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Fucus serratus patch.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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Fucus serratus with Ascophyllum nodosum.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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Fucus serratus.
Copyright: Dr Gerald Boalch
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Massive growth of Fucus serratus.
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
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Serrated edges of Fucus serratus.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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Stand of Fucus serratus at Bovisand.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Tips of Fucus serratus.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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Detail of Fucus spiralis fronds.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Fucus spiralis on rock.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Bulbous sacs of Fucus spiralis.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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Close up view of Fucus spiralis.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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Drooping Fucus spiralis on a rocky shore.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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Macro image of Fucus spiralis frond and reproductive bodies.
Copyright: Becky Seeley
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Small Fucus spiralis specimens hanging under a boulder.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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Fucus vesiculosus (on left) with Ascophyllum nodosum.
Copyright: Sue Scott
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Fucus vesiculosus at low tide on a rock.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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Fucus vesiculosus at low tide.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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Fucus vesiculosus covering an intertidal rock.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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Fucus vesiculosus hanging over a large rock.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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Fucus vesiculosus with frost.
Copyright: Sue Scott
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Dense Fucus vesiculosus.
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
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Halidrys siliquosa in rock pool.
Copyright: Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS)
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Halidrys siliquosa in a small rockpool.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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Halidrys siliquosa poking through the water of a rockpool.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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Halidrys siliquosa washed up on a Zostera bed.
Copyright: Dr Gerald Boalch
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Halopteris filicina.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Stand of Himanthalia elongata at Outer Hope.
Copyright: Paul Newland
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Himanthalia elongata at low water.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Himanthalia elongata buttons irregularly distributed on an intertidal rock.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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Himanthalia elongata buttons.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Himanthalia elongata, with young reproductive fronds, in rockpool, Wembury.
Copyright: Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA)
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Many dark green Himanthalia elongata buttons.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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Stand of Himanthalia elongata.
Copyright: Paul Newland
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Thongweed forest.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Two olive green Himanthalia elongata buttons.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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Laminaria digitata (foreground) and Laminaria ochroleuca (background) at West Hoe, Plymouth.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Laminaria digitata at low tide.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Laminaria digitata attached to an exposed rock.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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Laminaria digitata fronds at low water.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Laminaria digitata, oarweed.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Close up of a holdfast of Laminaria digitata.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Close up view of the base of a lone Laminaria digitata individual.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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Forest of Laminaria digitata.
Copyright: Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS)
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Lone Laminaria digitata individual.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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Underwater view of Laminaria digitata.
Copyright: Paul Newland
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Vast Laminaria digitata patch at low tide.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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Laminaria hyperborea.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Laminaria hyperborea forest.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Laminaria hyperborea from unpolluted site, with epiphytes, (D) and polluted site (E).
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Laminaria hyperborea showing epiphytic growth.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Laminaria ochroleuca.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Laminaria digitata (foreground) and Laminaria ochroleuca (background) at West Hoe, Plymouth.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Laminaria ochroleuca holdfast.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Stand of Laminaria ochroleuca at low water.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Padina pavonica
Copyright: Michael Puleston
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Peacock's tail Padina pavonica
Copyright: Michael Puleston
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Peacock's tail Padina pavonica
Copyright: Michael Puleston
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Peacock's tail Padina pavonica
Copyright: Michael Puleston
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Pelvetia canaliculata at the water's edge.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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Pelvetia canaliculata hanging from a vertical rock face.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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Pelvetia canaliculata.
Copyright: Sue Scott
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Clump of Pelvetia canaliculata.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Small Pelvetia canaliculata attached to an intertidal boulder.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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Small Pelvetia canaliculata in a rock crevice.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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Buoy line with Saccharina latissima.
Copyright: Sue Scott
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Saccharina latissima exposed at low tide.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Saccharina latissima frond.
Copyright: Sue Scott
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Base of blade and stipe of Saccorhiza polyschides.
Copyright: Sue Scott
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Saccorhiza polyschides hold to the substrate.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
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Saccorhiza polyschides on the shore.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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Saccorhiza polyschides underwater, viewed from above.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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Close up view of Saccorhiza polyschides - Photo 2.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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Close up view of Saccorhiza polyschides.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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Sargassum muticum, North Devon.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Sargassum muticum as first discovered at Bembridge, Isle of Wight.
Copyright: Dr Gerald Boalch
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Sargassum muticum at South Milton Sands.
Copyright: Paul Newland
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Sargassum muticum in very shallow water.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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Sargassum muticum on a rocky surface.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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Close up of Sargassum muticum underwater showing air bladders.
Copyright: Jack Sewell
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Wire weed on a rocky substrate.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Wire weed out of water showing 'washing line' appearance.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Undaria pinnatifida growing on pontoons at Queen Annes Battery, Plymouth Sound.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Undaria pinnatifida highlighting structure of fronds and holdfast.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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Penny weed Zanardinia typus.
Copyright: Dr Ken Collins
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