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.
Gelidium pulchellum (Turner) Kützing, 1868 - Beautiful Straggle Weed (Red seaweed images)
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Beautiful Straggle Weed
Gelidium pulchellum
- tetrasporangial / close-up 1
Gelidium pulchellum
- tetrasporangial / close-up 1
Beautiful Straggle Weed
Gelidium pulchellum
- tetrasporangial / close-up 2
Beautiful Straggle Weed
Gelidium pulchellum
- tetrasporangial plant 1
Beautiful Straggle Weed
Gelidium pulchellum
- tetrasporangial plant 2
Beautiful Straggle Weed
Gelidium pulchellum
- on mussel attached to limpet 1
Beautiful Straggle Weed
Gelidium pulchellum
- close-up 1
Beautiful Straggle Weed
Gelidium pulchellum
- on limpet 1
Beautiful Straggle Weed
Gelidium pulchellum
- on limpet 2
Images of tetrasporangial plant taken in rockpool on rock outcrop in front of Chyandour, Penzance, Cornwall, 10.11.11; also photographed on 01.08.11 growing on a limpet at the same location. SW 47980 30887.
A parasitic algae has just been found on Gelidium pulchellum in the UK, see Gelidiocolax margaritoides, a species first found by the author of this website at Penzance, Cornwall, 06.03.18. It is one of a number of southern species that has turned up over the past few years.
AlgaeBase is a database of information on algae that includes terrestrial, marine and freshwater organisms.
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.