MarLIN Gallery

Brown and yellow-green seaweeds (Ochrophyta) gallery

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

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