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
Cystoseira baccata (S.G.Gmelin) P.C.Silva, 1952 - Bushy berry wrack
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Bushy berry wrack
Cystoseira baccata
- in lowershore pool 1

Bushy berry wrack
Cystoseira baccata
- in lowershore pool 2

Bushy berry wrack
Cystoseira baccata
- in lowershore pool 3

Bushy berry wrack
Cystoseira baccata
- in lowershore pool 4

Bushy berry wrack
Cystoseira baccata
- with Calvadosia cruxmelitensis

Images taken of species washed-up on the strandline at Sennen Cove, Penwith, Cornwall. 04.11.11.

Cystoseira is mentioned as an algal species that is infrequently used by Calvadosia cruxmelitensis.
Ref: A NEW SPECIES OF THE STAUROMEDUSAN GENUS LUCERNARIOPSIS (COELENTERATA: SCYPHOMEDUSAE) by P. G. CORBIN. J. mat. biol. Ass. U.K. (1978) 58, 285-290.

Scientific and European Names:
Cystoseira baccata, Bushy berry wrack, Cystoseira, Korntang, Vezelwier, Queue de Polain.

 

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