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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Common Coral Weed
Corallina officinalis
- in lowershore rockpool 1

Common Coral Weed
Corallina officinalis
- in lowershore rockpool 2

Specimen above found in a rockpool on the lowershore at Lariggan Rocks, Penzance, Cornwall. 31.08.18.

Common Coral Weed
Corallina officinalis
- in lowershore rockpool 3

Common Coral Weed
Corallina officinalis
- in lowershore rockpool 4

Specimens above in a rockpool on the lowershore at Battery Rocks, Penzance, Cornwall. 30.07.18.

Common Coral Weed
Corallina officinalis
- close-up 1

Common Coral Weed
Corallina officinalis
- close-up 2

Common Coral Weed
Corallina officinalis
- close-up 3

Common Coral Weed
Corallina officinalis
- close-up 4

Common Coral Weed
Corallina officinalis
- close-up 5

Common Coral Weed
Corallina officinalis
- in rockpool 1

Common Coral Weed
Corallina officinalis
- in rockpool 2

Common Coral Weed
Corallina officinalis
- in rockpool 3

Common Coral Weed
Corallina officinalis
- washed-up 1

Common Coral Weed
Corallina officinalis
- in middleshore pool 1

Common Coral Weed
Corallina officinalis
- in middleshore pool 2

Common Coral Weed
Corallina officinalis
- in middleshore pool 3

Common Coral Weed
Corallina officinalis
- with scale / rule 1

Common Coral Weed
Corallina officinalis
- frond 1

Common Coral Weed
Corallina officinalis
- frond with contraceptacles 1

Common Coral Weed
Corallina officinalis
- frond with contraceptacles 2

Common Coral Weed
Corallina officinalis
- lateral contraceptacles 1

Common Coral Weed
Corallina officinalis
- with Lithophyllum corallinae 1

A very common species in middleshore rockpools. Images taken at various locations across Devon and Cornwall. Abundant in rockpools at Spit Point, Par, near St. Austell, Cornwall.

Lithophyllum corallinae grows on the surface of Corallina officinalis which often leads to the dead of the plant.

Scientific and European Names:
Corallina officinalis, Common Coral Weed, Coral Weed, Coralline, Krasing, Koraalwier, Coralline, Korallermoos.

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.