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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This species is added here as a horizon species, this non-native highly invasive algae could potentially be released into the marine environment from saltwater aquaria in the UK and could cause significant damage to habitats such as seagrass beds as it has done elsewhere especially in the Mediterranean where it was accidentally released.

Comb Seaweed, Green Sea Palm and Killer Algae
Caulerpa taxifolia
- lateral view habit 1

Comb Seaweed, Green Sea Palm and Killer Algae
Caulerpa taxifolia
- lateral view habit 2

Comb Seaweed, Green Sea Palm and Killer Algae
Caulerpa taxifolia
- in container 1

Comb Seaweed, Green Sea Palm and Killer Algae
Caulerpa taxifolia
- with 1.0mm division rule 1

Comb Seaweed, Green Sea Palm and Killer Algae
Caulerpa taxifolia
- with 1.0mm division rule 2

Comb Seaweed, Green Sea Palm and Killer Algae
Caulerpa taxifolia
- blade close-up 1

Comb Seaweed, Green Sea Palm and Killer Algae
Caulerpa taxifolia
- blade close-up 2

The algae photographed was sourced from a saltwater aquarium plant supplier on Ebay in 2018.

AlgaeBase is a database of information on algae that includes terrestrial, marine and freshwater organisms.

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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.