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.

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Fucus vesiculosus Linnaeus, 1753 - Bladder Wrack or Black Tang (Brown seaweed images)
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Bladder Wrack or Black Tang
Fucus vesiculosus
- close-up of bladders 1

Bladder Wrack or Black Tang
Fucus vesiculosus
- thallus 1

Bladder Wrack or Black Tang
Fucus vesiculosus
- thallus 2

Bladder Wrack or Black Tang
Fucus vesiculosus
- thallus 3

Bladder Wrack or Black Tang
Fucus vesiculosus
- close-up of bladder 1

Specimens above found on the middleshore at Lariggan Rocks, Penzance, Cornwall, 31.08.18.

Bladder Wrack or Black Tang
Fucus vesiculosus
- with reproductive bodies 1

Bladder Wrack or Black Tang
Fucus vesiculosus
- with reproductive bodies 2

Bladder Wrack or Black Tang
Fucus vesiculosus
- reproductive receptacles 1

Bladder Wrack or Black Tang
Fucus vesiculosus
- reproductive receptacle 1

Specimen above found and photographed on the edge of a large middleshore pool at Battery Rocks, Penzance, Cornwall, 30.07.18.

Bladder Wrack or Black Tang
Fucus vesiculosus
- on harbour wall 1

Bladder Wrack or Black Tang
Fucus vesiculosus
- on harbour wall 2

Bladder Wrack or Black Tang
Fucus vesiculosus
- on harbour wall 3

Bladder Wrack or Black Tang
Fucus vesiculosus
- on harbour wall 4

Bladder Wrack or Black Tang
Fucus vesiculosus
- reproductive receptacles 2

Bladder Wrack or Black Tang
Fucus vesiculosus
- reproductive receptacles 3

Bladder Wrack or Black Tang
Fucus vesiculosus
- reproductive receptacles 4

Bladder Wrack or Black Tang
Fucus vesiculosus
- reproductive receptacles 5

Bladder Wrack or Black Tang
Fucus vesiculosus
- bladders 1

Bladder Wrack or Black Tang
Fucus vesiculosus
- bladders 2

Bladder Wrack or Black Tang
Fucus vesiculosus
- on rocky shore / close-up 1

Bladder Wrack or Black Tang
Fucus vesiculosus
- on rocky shore / close-up 2

Bladder Wrack or Black Tang
Fucus vesiculosus
- on rocky shore / close-up 3

Bladder Wrack or Black Tang
Fucus vesiculosus
- rocky shore 1

Bladder Wrack or Black Tang
Fucus vesiculosus
- rocky shore 2

Bladder Wrack or Black Tang
Fucus vesiculosus
- rocky shore 3

Bladder Wrack or Black Tang
Fucus vesiculosus
- rocky shore 4

Bladder Wrack or Black Tang
Fucus vesiculosus
- rocky shore 5

Bladder Wrack or Black Tang
Fucus vesiculosus
- on estuary beach 1

Bladder Wrack or Black Tang
Fucus vesiculosus
- on estuary beach 2

Bladder Wrack or Black Tang
Fucus vesiculosus
- on pier wall 1

One of the most common and easily recognisable seaweeds, found on the upper and middleshore across the region; often found in sheltered rocky locations on the coast and very within estuaries such as the Tamar, Lynher and Tavy near Plymouth.

Species photographed at the following locations; Mutton Cove, Mount Wise, Devonport, Plymouth, Devon, 08.09.05; Spit Point, Par, near St. Austell, Cornwall, 27.06.10; Chimney Rocks, Penzance, Cornwall, 14.08.11; and at Marazion, near Penzance, Cornwall, 01.02.10.

Scientific and European Names:
Fucus vesiculosus, Bladder wrack, Black tang, Gemeiner Blasentang, Blaaswier, Varech vesiculeux, Sargazo vejigoso.

Also see - Fucus vesiculosus var. linearis syn. Fucus vesiculosus forma evesiculosus.

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Fucus vesiculosus Bladder Wrack Black Tang 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.