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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Cockscomb cup coral
Desmophyllum dianthus
- calicular view skeleton 1

Cockscomb cup coral
Desmophyllum dianthus
- calicular view skeleton 2

Cockscomb cup coral
Desmophyllum dianthus
- lateral view skeleton 1

Cockscomb cup coral
Desmophyllum dianthus
- lateral view skeleton 2

Cockscomb cup coral
Desmophyllum dianthus
- lateral view skeleton 3

Cockscomb cup coral
Desmophyllum dianthus
- lateral view skeleton 4

Cockscomb cup coral
Desmophyllum dianthus
- lateral view skeleton 5

Cockscomb cup coral
Desmophyllum dianthus
- lateral view skeleton 6

Cockscomb cup coral
Desmophyllum dianthus
- corals from float 1

Cockscomb cup coral
Desmophyllum dianthus
- on plastic float 1

Specimens were found by T. Tucker on a small plastic float that washed-ashore at Praa Sands, near Helston, Cornwall. 10.03.2001. The float was also covered with Desmophyllum pertusum syn. Lophelia pertusa (Linnaeus, 1758) and a number of Neopycnodonte cochlear (Poli, 1795), Deepsea oysters.

All fauna on the buoy was kindly identified by Helmut Zibrowius.

Specimens photographed from the marine collection of Stella Turk M.B.E., images taken 07. 10.16.

Image of plastic float with kind permission and copyright Dr. Paul Gainey.

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.