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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Coconut Palm
Cocos nucifera
- coconut 1 - dry side

Coconut Palm
Cocos nucifera
- coconut 1 - wet side

Coconut Palm
Cocos nucifera
- coconut 2 - image 1

Coconut Palm
Cocos nucifera
- coconut 2 - image 2

Coconut Palm
Cocos nucifera
- coconut 2 - shipworm holes 1

Coconuts here were found washed-up on the Cornish coast. Coconut One, was found at Lusty Glaze, Newquay, Cornwall. 05.03.2014. SW823625. Coconut Two at Penhale Sands, Perranporth, Cornwall. 08.10.2000.

Coconut Palm
Cocos nucifera
- part of shell 1

Part of Coconut shell found on the strandline at Gwithian, near Hayle, Cornwall. 12.02.16.

Coconuts possibly drift across the Atlantic from the southern United States, Bermuda or Caribbean. By the time they reach the shores of the UK they may be partly covered with Stalked barnacles, species such as Lepas. The husk may also be bored by various species of marine molluscs, such as Piddocks or Shipworms. The piddock Martesia striata has been found in coconuts found in Cornwall, it is a species of much warmer waters and latitudes.

 

 

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.