Alga Collection (#9)

Asperoccus turneri, seaweed
Plate 59 from Algae Danmonienses : or dried specimens of Marine Plants, principally collected in Devonshire by Mary Wyatt. 1834-1840

Fucus agarum, kelp
Plate 75 from Fuci, or coloured figures and descriptions of the Plants referred by botanists to the genus Fucus (1808-1819), Volume II, by Mary Dawson Turner

Chondus cripus, carrageen moss
Illustration from Algae Danmonienses: or dried specimens of Marine Plants, principally collected in Devonshire by Mary Wyatt; carefully named according to Dr. Hookers British Flora

Rhodophyta, Coralline algae
This specimen was collected by Charles Darwin in 1836 from Keeling Atoll, Indian Ocean

Raphiidonema faringdone, calcareous sponge
A vase-shaped calcareous sponge with numerous small canals from the Cretaceous of Berkshire, England

Chleophaga hybrida, kelp goose
Ff. 66. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Anas ganta Anas antarctica and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Coccoliths magnified a thousand times
An illustration of Coccoliths magnified a thousand times. Coccoliths are micro-fossils and feature heavily in the composition of chalk

Lichens result from an intimate relationship between a fungus and an alga; there are about 18, 000 species

Calcidiscus leptoporus and Syracolithus quadriperforatus, co
In this scanning electron micrograph, the transition of a life-cycle stage in Calcidiscus is shown from the outer cover to the inner layer. Specimen taken from W. Mediterranean

Actinoptychus, diatom
Scanning electron microscope image of the exterior valve of the diatom Actinoptychus (x 500 on a standard 9 cm wide print)

Chalk
A piece of flintless white chalk from the Upper Chalk, Flamborough, Yorks. Chalk is a sedimentary rock formed in deep seas

Marpolia spissa, fossilised algae
A fossilised type of green algae, possible filamentous cyanobacteria (Marpolia spissa), approximately 12 mm in height. This specimen was discovered in the Middle Cambrian, Burgess Shale, Canada

Stock fence with seaweed indicating height of tide, Cockerham, Lancashire, England, October

Witches Whiskers Lichen (Usnea florida) growing on oak branch, Powys, Wales, February

Seaweed washed up on beach strandline, Kimmeridge Bay, Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, England, august

Orange Algae, aerial view of bloom floating on surface of sea, Morecambe Bay, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, August

Giant Kelp - with pneumatocysts (air bladders) washed up from Pacific after a storm. Moss Landing, central California
ROG-14179 Giant Kelp - with pneumatocysts (air bladders) washed up from Pacific after a storm Moss Landing, central California

Burnished Brass Moth - on branch with lichens - Lincolnshire - England
GET-2262 Burnished Brass Moth - on branch with lichens Lincolnshire - England Diachrysia chrysitis Geoff Trinder contact details: prints@ardea.com tel: +44 (0) 20 8318 1401

Peppered Moth - on lichen - UK
DAC-484 Peppered Moth - on lichen UK Biston betularia David Chapman contact details: prints@ardea.com tel: +44 (0) 20 8318 1401

Lichen - New Island - Falkland (Malvinas) Islands
WAT-17447 Lichen New Island - Falkland (Malvinas) Islands M. Watson contact details: prints@ardea.com tel: +44 (0) 20 8318 1401

Blue-green Algae (Rivularia bullata) Growing amid and on Acorn Barnacles / Padstow, Cornwall

Sea Lettuce (Ulva lactuca) exposed at low tide, Swanage, Dorset, England, april

Green Alga (Trentepohlia aurea) orange filamentous alga growing on old gravestone in churchyard, Culbone, Exmoor, Somerset, England, march

Green Seaweed (Codium adhaerens) encrusting rocks exposed at low tide, Swanage, Dorset, England, april

Sea Oak (Halidrys siliquosa) exposed on rock ledge at low tide, Lyme Regis, Dorset, England, march

RedAlgae (Porphyridium cruentum)

Lockgates with canal covered in green algae, Salmon Lane Lock, Regents Canal, Tower Hamlets, London, England, september

Harpoon Weed (Asparagopsis armata) and Kelp (Laminaria sp. ) underwater, growing on shallow rocky reef, Brandy Bay
Harpoon Weed (Asparagopsis armata) and Kelp (Laminaria sp.) underwater, growing on shallow rocky reef, Brandy Bay, Dorset, England, august

Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) with pneumatocysts (air bladders), washed up on beach after storm, Pacific Ocean, Moss Landing, Central California, U.S.A. november

Kelp (Laminariales sp. ) fronds, washed up on beach, with Bamburgh Castle in distance, Bamburgh, Northumberland
Kelp (Laminariales sp.) fronds, washed up on beach, with Bamburgh Castle in distance, Bamburgh, Northumberland, England, july

Japanese Wireweed (Sargassum muticum) introduced invasive species, Toothed Wrack (Fucus serratus) and Bladder Wrack (Fucus vesiculosus) fronds, growing in rockpool at low tide, Bembridge

Girl snorkelling over Sea-thong (Himanthalia elongata), Porthnaven, Cornwall, England, september

Pl ton -(Noctiluca scintillans) group / one with ingested copepod / x12

Underwater view of rockpool with seaweed, Harlyn Bay, Cornwall, England, april

Bladder Wrack (Fucus vesiculosus) fronds with receptacles, exposed on rocky shore at low tide, Brough Head, Mainland, Orkney, Scotland, june

Seaweed covered beach after winter storm, Kimmeridge, Dorset, England, december

Brown Tuning Fork Weed (Bifurcaria bifurcata) with other seaweeds, attached to rocks in rockpool at low tide, Shipload Bay, Hartland Point, North Devon, England, august

Flat Wrack (Fucus spiralis) fronds, on exposed rocks at low tide, Bembridge, Isle of Wight, England, june

Sea-thong (Himanthalia elongata) and Toothed Wrack (Fucus serratus) fronds, exposed on rocky shore at low tide, Brough Head, Mainland, Orkney, Scotland, june

Seaweed - Wrack Bladder(Fucus vesiculosus) Close-up of reproductive bodies

Toothed Wrack (Fucus serratus) fronds, on shore with rockpools at low tide, with Clavel Tower on clifftop in distance, Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset, England, march

Seaweed fronds, on shore with rockpools at low tide, Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset, England, march

Seaweeds - Oyster Thief (Colpomenia peregrina with corallina & other seaweeds at low tide)
Seaweeds - Oyster Thief (Colpomenia peregrina with corallina & other seaweeds at low tide

Sugar Kelp Seaweed (Laminaria saccharina) AKA " Poor Mans Weather Glass" - Causand, Plymouth Sound

Sea-thong (Himanthalia elongata) underwater, growing in rockpool, Porthnanven, Cornwall, England, september

Bladder Wrack (Fucus vesiculosus) fronds, exposed on rocky shore at low tide, Brough Head, Mainland, Orkney, Scotland, june

Sea-lace (Chorda filum) fronds, exposed on rocks at low tide, Bembridge, Isle of Wight, England, june

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