Polysiphonia lanosa
A brownish-red seaweed which is tufted and made up of branching filaments which gives it a wool-like consistancy. Length 70cm.
Found middle to low shore, and grows mainly on Egg Wrack (Ascophyllum nodosum) for physical support, known as an epiphyte. It makes use of the hosts buoyancy at high tide so it will gain more sunlight. Common and widespread throughout the British coastline.
Photographs of Egg Wrack Wool (Polysiphonia lanosa), taken August 2015, in rock pool Meadfoot Beach, Torquay, Devon. © Pete Hillman 2015. Camera used Nikon D3200, with Sigma 105mm macro lens.
The pebbles in the first shot are so colorful in the clear water – beautiful!
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Thank you 🙂 There were many rockpools here full of interesting and exciting wonders of nature.
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The seaweed takes a back seat to those beautiful stones!
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Those rockpools were crystal clear and full of all kinds of sealife 🙂
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