MarLIN Gallery

Red seaweeds (Rhodophyta) gallery

Phymatolithon calcareum forming a maerl bed. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Phymatolithon calcareum forming a maerl bed. Loch Carron, West Scotland. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Lithothamnion corallioides. Collected from c. 10m depth. Copyright Christine Maggs	Phymatolithon calcareum with one Lithothamnion corallioides thallus (left, arrowed). Collected from c. 5m depth at Carraroe, Co. Clare. Copyright Christine Maggs
Laboratory specimen of Anotrichium barbatum. Copyright Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa	Corallina officinalis fronds in rockpool. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Delesseria sanguinea individual amongst epifauna/flora. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Compact Corallina officinalis in rock cleft. Copyright Keith Hiscock
Delesseria sanguinea fronds. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Phymatolithon calcareum maerl bed from Loch Carron, Highland. Copyright Sue Scott	Lithothamnion glaciale nodules amongst pebbles with the sunstar Crossaster papposus, Isle of Lewis. Copyright JNCC	Boulders with encrusting, branched Lithothamnion glaciale. Copyright JNCC
Boulders with Psammechinus miliaris and encrusting Lithothamnion glaciale. Copyright JNCC	Palmaria palmata fronds on lower eulittoral rock. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Catenella caespitosa. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Encrusting coralline alga, possibly Phymatolithon lamii. Copyright Steve Trewhella
Fronds of pepper dulse, Osmundea pinnatifida. Copyright Harvey Tyler-Walters	Lomentaria articulata. Copyright Harvey Tyler-Walters	Mastocarpus stellatus. Copyright Harvey Tyler-Walters	Polyides rotundus. Copyright SNH
Odonthalia dentata photographed in the Isle of Man. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Asparagopsis armata at English Island Point. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Bushy specimen of Ahnfeltia plicata in shallow sandy lower shore pool. Copyright Francis Bunker	Dark red Chondrus crispus. Copyright Steve Trewhella
A rock shelf dominated by Cryptopleura ramosa with Laminaria sp. at 20 m depth. Copyright SNH	Chondrus crispus Copyright Keith Hiscock	Mastocarpus stellatus in pool. Copyright Steve Trewhella	Reddish Polysiphonia lanosa. Copyright Steve Trewhella
Porphyra on sandy seabed. Copyright Steve Trewhella	Porphyra dioica. Copyright Steve Trewhella	Lithophyllum incrustans. Copyright Francis Bunker	Drachiella spectabilis showing iridescence. Copyright Keith Hiscock
Rhodothamniella floridula Copyright Mike Firth	Cryptopleura ramosa and horse shoe worms on shallow boulders. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Palmaria palmata. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Gracilaria foliifera. Copyright Keith Hiscock
Dilsea carnosa with snakelocks anemones in background. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Callophyllis laciniata on shallow cobbles. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Plocamium cartilagineum Copyright Keith Hiscock	Phycodrys rubens on a kelp stipe at 10 m depth. Copyright SNH
Drachiella spectabilis. Copyright SNH	A specimen of Ceramium virgatum with a branch of Corallina to the right. Copyright Marine Biological Association of the UK	Specimen of Gelidium latifolium. Copyright Marine Biological Association of the UK	Specimen of Cryptopleura ramosa. Copyright Marine Biological Association of the UK
Specimen of Phyllophora crispa. Copyright Marine Biological Association of the UK	Kallymenia reniformis Copyright Keith Hiscock	Fresh growth of Delesseria sanguinea in Spring. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Scinaia turgida. Copyright Keith Hiscock
Dilsea carnosa. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Chondria coerulescens. Copyright Alan Thurbon	The seaweed Chondrus crispus. Copyright MarClim	The seaweed Mastocarpus stellatus. Copyright Marine Biological Association of the UK
The seaweed Osmundea pinnatifida. Copyright Marine Biological Association of the UK	The seaweed Porphyra dioica. Copyright Keith Hiscock	The seaweed Furcellaria lumbricalis, plant with fertile branches. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Drachiella spectabilis. Copyright Keith Hiscock
Lower shore sandy pool with Ahnfeltia plicata. Copyright Francis Bunker	Beautiful eyelash weed Calliblepharis ciliata on silted bedrock. Copyright Francis Bunker	Specimen of Calliblepharis ciliata in dish. Copyright Francis Bunker	Hypoglossum woodwardii on infralittoral mixed substrata. Copyright Keith Hiscock
Chondria coerulescens. Copyright Alan Thurbon	Scinaia turgida. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Irish moss Chondrus crispus surrounded by Corallina and Fucus serratus. Copyright Steve Trewhella	Porphyra umbilicalis. Copyright Steve Trewhella
Polysiphonia lanosa. Copyright Steve Trewhella	Pepper dulse, Osmundea pinnatifida. Copyright Steve Trewhella	Polysiphonia lanosa growing on Ascophyllum nodosum. Copyright Peter Barfield	Close up of Corallina elongata. Copyright Peter Barfield
Asparagopsis armata at Wembury Point. Copyright Fiona Crouch	Asparagopsis armata at Wembury Point. Copyright Fiona Crouch	Carragheen. Copyright Steve Trewhella	Corallina officinalis highlighting branching and segments. Copyright Steve Trewhella
Jania rubens. Copyright Steve Trewhella	A bright pink clump of Jania rubens. Copyright Peter Barfield	The red seaweed Jania rubens. Copyright Steve Trewhella	Mesophyllum lichinoides with hydroids. Copyright Fiona Crouch
The red seaeed Mesophyllum lichinoides. Copyright Fiona Crouch	Corallina officinalis in a rockpool. Copyright Judith Oakley	Chondrus crispus being covered in fine particulate matter. Copyright Judith Oakley	Chondrus crispus in shallow murky water. Copyright Judith Oakley
Corallina officinalis out of the water. Copyright Judith Oakley	Pale Corallina officinalis specimen. Copyright Judith Oakley	Close up view of Corallina officinalis in murky water. Copyright Judith Oakley	Shiny Furcellaria lumbricalis specimen. Copyright Judith Oakley
Lomentaria articulata subjected to camera flash. Copyright Judith Oakley	Lomentaria articulata on an exposed rock. Copyright Judith Oakley	Small patch of Lomentaria articulata hanging down from an intertidal rock. Copyright Judith Oakley	Mastocarpus stellatus hanging, exposed at low tide. Copyright Judith Oakley
Palmaria palmata near an intertidal rockpool. Copyright Judith Oakley	Palmaria palmata in between rockpools. Copyright Judith Oakley	Palmaria palmata hanging from an intertidal rock. Copyright Judith Oakley	Brown Polysiphonia lanosa attached to green Fucus and Ascophyllum species. Copyright Judith Oakley
A light brown Porphyra spp. at low tide. Copyright Judith Oakley	A purple Porphyra spp on a sandy shore. Copyright Judith Oakley	Porphyra spp. at low tide with green algae. Copyright Judith Oakley	Porphyra spp. on a sandy background. Copyright Judith Oakley
Porphyra umbilicalis hanging vertically on a rock face. Copyright Judith Oakley	Laurencia obtusa over a barnacle covered rock. Copyright Judith Oakley	Brown Laurencia spp at low tide on the sea shore. Copyright Judith Oakley	Close up view of Lomentaria articulata. Copyright Steve Trewhella
Stand of Callophyllis laciniata in shallow water at Outer Hope, Devon. Copyright Paul Newland	Polyidea rotundus in shallow water at Outer Hope, Devon Copyright Paul Newland	Cruoria cruoriaeformis encrusting maerl. Copyright Ignacio Barbara	Cruoria cruoriaeformis encrusting maerl (darker patches on right side of photo). Copyright Ignacio Barbara
Single-layer of radially-arranged thallus cells under light microscope. Copyright Ignacio Barbara	A close-up image of Chondrus crispus. Copyright Steve Trewhella	Asparagopsis armata Copyright Steve Trewhella	Chondrus crispus Copyright Steve Trewhella
Osmundea pinnatifida Copyright Steve Trewhella	Asparagopsis armata Copyright Steve Trewhella	Washed up maerl, Phymatolithon calcareum Copyright Derek Mayes	Delesseria sanguinea (Sea beech) at approx. 20m Copyright Paul Newland

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