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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Ctenostome bryozoan
Alcyonidium polyoum
- on Fucus serratus 1

Ctenostome bryozoan
Alcyonidium polyoum
- on Fucus serratus 2

Ctenostome bryozoan
Alcyonidium polyoum
- with 1.0mm division rule 1

Ctenostome bryozoan
Alcyonidium polyoum
- part of colony 1

Ctenostome bryozoan
Alcyonidium polyoum
- in seawater with close-up of tentacles 1

Ctenostome bryozoan
Alcyonidium polyoum
- in seawater with close-up of tentacles 2

Ctenostome bryozoan
Alcyonidium polyoum
- in seawater with close-up of tentacles 3

Ctenostome bryozoan
Alcyonidium polyoum
- habitat / location 1

This sea mat species was found overgrowing the fronds of Saw Wrack, Fucus serratus on the sides of the pillar for Brunel's railway bridge on the lowershore at Ashtorre Rock, Saltash, Cornwall, 29.05.22.

Ctenostome bryozoan
Alcyonidium polyoum
- under a rock on lowershore 1

Ctenostome bryozoan
Alcyonidium polyoum
- under a rock on lowershore 2

Ctenostome bryozoan
Alcyonidium polyoum
- overgrowing Magallana gigas 1

Ctenostome bryozoan
Alcyonidium polyoum
- close-up of tentacles (19)

Ctenostome bryozoan
Alcyonidium polyoum
- habitat / location 2

Ctenostome bryozoan
Alcyonidium polyoum
- habitat / location 3

Species found on the brown seaweed Saw wrack, Fucus serratus, under rocks and on the Portuguese Oyster, Magallana gigas, on lowershore at Neal Point, Landulph, Cornwall, 28.05.22.

Ctenostome bryozoan
Alcyonidium polyoum
- on Fucus serratus 3

Ctenostome bryozoan
Alcyonidium polyoum
- on Fucus serratus 4

Ctenostome bryozoan
Alcyonidium polyoum
- on Fucus serratus 5

Ctenostome bryozoan
Alcyonidium polyoum
- on Fucus serratus 6

Ctenostome bryozoan
Alcyonidium polyoum
- on Fucus serratus 7

Ctenostome bryozoan
Alcyonidium polyoum
- under a rock on lowershore 3

Ctenostome bryozoan
Alcyonidium polyoum
- under a rock on lowershore 4

Ctenostome bryozoan
Alcyonidium polyoum
- under a rock on lowershore 5

Ctenostome bryozoan
Alcyonidium polyoum
- under a rock on lowershore 6

Ctenostome bryozoan
Alcyonidium polyoum
- under microscope 1

Ctenostome bryozoan
Alcyonidium polyoum
- under microscope 2

Ctenostome bryozoan
Alcyonidium polyoum
- under microscope 3

Ctenostome bryozoan
Alcyonidium polyoum
- under microscope 4

Ctenostome bryozoan
Alcyonidium polyoum
- habitat / location 4

Species found on the brown seaweed Saw wrack, Fucus serratus, under rocks on lowershore at Cargreen, Cornwall, 18.05.22.

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.