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.

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Furbelows or Sea furbelows
Saccorhiza polyschides
- frond base 1

Furbelows or Sea furbelows
Saccorhiza polyschides
- underwater 1

Furbelows or Sea furbelows
Saccorhiza polyschides
- underwater 2

Furbelows or Sea furbelows
Saccorhiza polyschides
- underwater 3

Furbelows or Sea furbelows
Saccorhiza polyschides
- underwater 4

Furbelows or Sea furbelows
Saccorhiza polyschides
- on beach / broke away

Furbelows or Sea furbelows
Saccorhiza polyschides
- attached on beach

Furbelows or Sea furbelows
Saccorhiza polyschides
- old holdfast 1

Furbelows or Sea furbelows
Saccorhiza polyschides
- old holdfast 2

Furbelows or Sea furbelows
Saccorhiza polyschides
- lowershore attached to rock 1

Furbelows or Sea furbelows
Saccorhiza polyschides
- lowershore attached to rock 2

Furbelows or Sea furbelows
Saccorhiza polyschides
- lowershore attached to rock 3

This seaweed can be found at many sites all over Devon and Cornwall Peninsula. Images here were taken at Marazion, near Penzance, Cornwall; Porth Nanven, St. Just, Cornwall; and Wembury Point, South Devon.

I have just found a really good site for this species at Wherry Rocks, Penzance, Cornwall. Good in respect that the site is very sheltered and the species here has rather large ruffles on its blades. Quite a diverse range of fauna can be found on looking between these ruffles. If there's no access to the lowershore then it's well worth looking at it on the strandline after storms to see what animals can be found. A wide range can usually be found, including sea mats, amphipods, isopods, sea squirts, molluscs such as the Blue-rayed Limpet and even small fish, such as Sea snails, Small clingfish and Two-spotted gobies.

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Scientific and European Names:
Saccorhiza polyschides, Furbelows, Sea furbelows, Sea hedgehog, Kelp, Sackwurzeltang, Knolwier, Laminaire a bulbe, Laminaria bulbosa.