Dumontia contorta
Observation - Dumontia contorta - UK and Ireland. Description: Contortion: “the act of twisting’. . The fronds of this unruly, reddish-brown Alga are certainly co
Contortion: “the act of twisting’.
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The fronds of this unruly, reddish-brown Alga are certainly contorted and would live up the name D. contorta. Unfortunately it doesn’t look like the example on Wikipedia! The tiny discoid holdfasts (pic 5) and the soft, gelatinous, twisted, tubular fronds all still point towards D.contorta.
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An earlier example of Demontia contorta growing just along the coast. Note dejayM’s comment ‘I can say that I have not seen the precise likes.’. Until now perhaps?
https://www.ispotnature.org/communities/uk-and-ireland/view/observation/816808/straggly-reddish-brown-algae
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Have a look at some of the best observations of Seaweed on iSpot, here:
https://www.ispotnature.org/communities/uk-and-ireland/view/project/777036/the-seaweeds-invitation-gallery
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The fronds of this unruly, reddish-brown Alga are certainly contorted and would live up the name D. contorta. Unfortunately it doesn’t look like the example on Wikipedia! The tiny discoid holdfasts (pic 5) and the soft, gelatinous, twisted, tubular fronds all still point towards D.contorta.
.
An earlier example of Demontia contorta growing just along the coast. Note dejayM’s comment ‘I can say that I have not seen the precise likes.’. Until now perhaps?
https://www.ispotnature.org/communities/uk-and-ireland/view/observation/816808/straggly-reddish-brown-algae
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Have a look at some of the best observations of Seaweed on iSpot, here:
https://www.ispotnature.org/communities/uk-and-ireland/view/project/777036/the-seaweeds-invitation-gallery