STAUROMEDUSAE UK

An online guide to the Stalked jellyfish (Stauromedusae) found
around the coastal waters of the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Includes notes on their identification, and where and how to find them.

A-P-H-O-T-O Wildlife Stock Image Library
Sargassum muticum (Yendo) Fensholt, 1955 - Wireweed or Japweed
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Wireweed or Japweed
Sargassum muticum
- in middleshore pool 1

Wireweed or Japweed
Sargassum muticum
- in middleshore pool 2

Wireweed or Japweed
Sargassum muticum
- in middleshore pool 3

Wireweed or Japweed
Sargassum muticum
- in middleshore pool 4

Wireweed or Japweed
Sargassum muticum
- in middleshore pool 5

Wireweed or Japweed
Sargassum muticum
- washed ashore 1

Wireweed or Japweed
Sargassum muticum
- washed ashore 2

Images of species taken at Spit Point, Par, near St. Austell, Cornwall, 13.01.09 and 12.07.10; also at Par Beach, near St. Austell, Cornwall, 16.07.10.

A very common and widespread alien species, found widely across the region.

Scientific and European Names:
Sargassum muticum, Japweed, Japanese seaweed, Japanischer Beerentang, Japans bessenwier, Sargasse japonaise, Sargazo japanes.

Sargassum muticum Wireweed and Japweed Brown Seaweed Images