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
Tubulipora plumosa Thompson in Harmer, 1898 - A cyclostome bryozoan (Bryozoan images)
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Cyclostome bryozoan
Tubulipora plumosa
- on Thongweed button 1

Cyclostome bryozoan
Tubulipora plumosa
- on Thongweed button 2

Specimen above were found on the underside of Thongweed buttons, the Thongweed buttons being collected very fresh on the shore after an autumn storm at Long Rock Station, near Marazion, Cornwall. 18.10.14. Fresh Thongweed buttons are often a very good source of fauna and flora.

Cyclostome bryozoan
Tubulipora plumosa
- under rock in shallow water 1

Cyclostome bryozoan
Tubulipora plumosa
- under rock in shallow water 2

Cyclostome bryozoan
Tubulipora plumosa
- close-up zooids 1

Specimen above found under a rock in shallow water on an extreme low tide at Vellan Drang, Lizard, Cornwall. 25.09.14.

Cyclostome bryozoan
Tubulipora plumosa
- in Saccorhiza polyschides 1

Cyclostome bryozoan
Tubulipora plumosa
- in Saccorhiza polyschides 2

Cyclostome bryozoan
Tubulipora plumosa
- in Saccorhiza polyschides 3

Species frequently found occupying the large ball structure found on the brown seaweed Furbelows, Saccorhiza polyschides.

Specimens above found at Chyandour Rocks, Penzance, Cornwall, 10.11.11; at Hannafore Point, near Looe, Cornwall, 12.03.09; and at many other places, a common species in the south-west.

Cyclostome bryozoan
Tubulipora plumosa ?
- on rock 1

Cyclostome bryozoan
Tubulipora plumosa ?
- on rock 2

Specimen above found under algae, on rock, on the extreme lowershore at Spit Point, Par, near St. Austell, Cornwall. 27.05.10.

Tubulipora plumosa Sea Mat Bryozoan 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.