Nick Upton / Velvet swimming crab (Necora puber) in a rock pool, hiding among Coralweed (Corallina officinalis), Cornwall, UK, March.
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Nick Upton / Strawberry anemone (Actinia fragracea) in a rock pool alongside Coralweed (Corallina officinalis), Cornwall, UK, March.
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Nick Upton / Common shore crab (Carcinus maenas) hiding among Coralweed (Corallina officinalis) in a rock pool, Cornwall, UK, March.
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Nick Upton / Coralweed (Corallina officinalis) from Atlantic Ocean. Cornwall, England, UK. September.
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Sue Daly / Maerl (Phymatolithon calcareum) Jersey, British Channel Islands, June.
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Nick Upton / Close up of Coralline crust (Lithophyllum tortuosum) an encrusting coralline red algae growing on intertidal rocks exposed at low tide, Asturias, Spain, August.
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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Common whelk (Buccinum undatum) on maerl (Corallinales) bed, a priority marine feature. Within a Marine Protected Area, Shetland, Scotland, UK, September.
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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Maerl (Corallinales) and Sea grass (Zostera marina) beds, Orkney, Scotland, UK, January.
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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Maerl (Corallinales) and Sea grass (Zostera marina) beds, Orkney, Scotland, UK, January.
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Philippe Clement / Common Coral Weed / Coralweed (Corallina officinalis) washed ashore on beach, Normandy, France. September
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Alex Hyde / Claigan 'coral beach', the beaches are not actually coral, but formed from bleached skeletons of a red coraline seaweed (Lithothamnion corallioides) known as maerl. Claigan, Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrid...
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Alex Hyde / Close up of Claigan 'coral beach'. The beaches are not actually coral, but formed from bleached skeletons of a red coraline seaweed (Lithothamnion corallioides) known as maerl. Claigan, Isle of Skye,...