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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Devonshire cup coral
Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) smithii
- group 1

Devonshire cup coral
Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) smithii
- group 2

Devonshire cup coral
Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) smithii
- from marina pontoon 1

Devonshire cup coral
Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) smithii
- from marina pontoon 2

Devonshire cup coral
Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) smithii
- from marina pontoon 3

Devonshire cup coral
Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) smithii
- fully open with tentacles 1

Devonshire cup coral
Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) smithii
- tentacles 1

Devonshire cup coral
Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) smithii
- tentacles 2

Devonshire cup coral
Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) smithii
- tentacles 3

Devonshire cup coral
Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) smithii
- tentacles 4

Specimens above were found in a sample of scrapings / fouling, taken from a pontoon at Newlyn Marina, Newlyn, Cornwall. 16.10.14, 11.05.16, 09.09.17 and 05.05.18.

Devonshire cup coral
Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) smithii
- foot of lowershore overhang 1

Devonshire cup coral
Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) smithii
- foot of lowershore overhang 2

Devonshire cup coral
Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) smithii
- foot of lowershore overhang 3

Devonshire cup coral
Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) smithii
- foot of lowershore overhang 4

Devonshire cup coral
Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) smithii
- foot of lowershore overhang 5

Devonshire cup coral
Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) smithii
- skeleton 1

Devonshire cup coral
Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) smithii
- skeleton 2

Devonshire cup coral
Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) smithii
- skeleton 3

Devonshire cup coral
Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) smithii
- skeleton 4

Devonshire cup coral
Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) smithii
- skeleton 5

Devonshire cup coral
Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) smithii
- skeleton 6

Devonshire cup coral
Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) smithii
- on discarded fishing gear 1

Devonshire cup coral
Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) smithii
- on discarded fishing gear 2

Devonshire cup coral
Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) smithii
- on the plastic collar of a lobster creel / crab pot 1

Devonshire cup coral
Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) smithii
- on the plastic collar of a lobster creel / crab pot 2

Devonshire cup coral
Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) smithii
- on the plastic collar of a lobster creel / crab pot 3

Devonshire cup coral
Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) smithii
- on old toilet seat lid 1

Devonshire cup coral
Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) smithii
- on old toilet seat lid 2

Images of this species were taken at the foot of a north facing rock overhang, on a very low spring tide at Roskilley near Mousehole, Cornwall. 12.03.12. SW4723327209, SW4723227204.

This species is not a common find between the tides, extreme lowershore only, but is often found in the shallow sublittoral and on the sides of marinas.

Devonshire cup coral, Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) smithii, may also have growing on it the epizoic barnacle, Megatrema anglicum. and be parasitized by the green boring algae Ostreobium quekettii.

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.