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
Himanthalia elongata (Linnaeus) S.F.Gray, 1821 - Thong Weed or Sea Thong (Brown seaweed images)
Thong Weed or Sea Thong
Himanthalia elongata
- top view 1

Thong Weed or Sea Thong
Himanthalia elongata
- top view 2

Thong Weed or Sea Thong
Himanthalia elongata
- button group 1

Thong Weed or Sea Thong
Himanthalia elongata
- button group 2

Thong Weed or Sea Thong
Himanthalia elongata
- button group 3

Thong Weed or Sea Thong
Himanthalia elongata
- young buttons 1

Thong Weed or Sea Thong
Himanthalia elongata
- button and young thong 1

Thong Weed or Sea Thong
Himanthalia elongata
- button and young thong 2

Thong Weed or Sea Thong
Himanthalia elongata
- young thalli 1

Thong Weed or Sea Thong
Himanthalia elongata
- young thalli 2

Thong Weed or Sea Thong
Himanthalia elongata
- floating / low tide

Thong Weed or Sea Thong
Himanthalia elongata
- on estuary shoreline

Thong Weed or Sea Thong
Himanthalia elongata
- button close-up 1

Thong Weed or Sea Thong
Himanthalia elongata
- lowershore 1

Thongweed / Sea thong
Himanthalia elongata
- lowershore 2

Thongweed / Sea thong
Himanthalia elongata
- lowershore 3

Thongweed / Sea thong
Himanthalia elongata
- with red algae epiphyte 1

Thongweed / Sea thong
Himanthalia elongata
- with red algae epiphyte 2

Thongweed / Sea thong
Himanthalia elongata
- juveniles on Thong button 1

Images of species taken across the south coast of Devon and Cornwall. Locations include Mount Wise, Plymouth, Devon; Charlestown near St. Austell; Battery Rocks and Albert Pier, Penzance; and at Marazion, Cornwall.

The tubeworm Spirorbis (Laeospira) inornatus may be found under Thongweed buttons. Probably best seen at the end of the year when storms was Thongweed up on the strandline.

Scientific and European Names:
Himanthalia elongata, Thongweed, Buttonweed, Sea sphagetti, Sea thong, Riementang, Riemwier, Himanthale, Correa.

AlgaeBase

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

Himanthalia elongata Thong weed Sea thong 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.