APHOTOMARINE
An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that can be found in coastal waters
and intertidal areas of Great Britain and Ireland by David Fenwick.
Gnathia maxillaris (Montagu, 1804) - An isopod (Isopoda images)
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Isopoda
Gnathia maxillaris
- dorsal view of male 1
Gnathia maxillaris
- dorsal view of male 1
Isopoda
Gnathia maxillaris
- male in rock crevice 1
Isopoda
Gnathia maxillaris
- male in rock crevice 2
Isopoda
Gnathia maxillaris
- male in rock crevice 3
Isopoda
Gnathia maxillaris
- male in rock crevice 4
Isopoda
Gnathia maxillaris
- male / underside 1
Isopoda
Gnathia maxillaris
- male with females 1
Isopoda
Gnathia maxillaris
- males and females 1
Isopoda
Gnathia maxillaris
- females in rock crevice 1
Isopoda
Gnathia maxillaris
- praniza in rock crevice 1
Isopoda
Gnathia maxillaris
- praniza 1
Isopoda
Gnathia maxillaris
- praniza 2
Isopoda
Gnathia maxillaris
- mandible 1
Above animals found in a rock crevice on the lowershore at Chimney Rocks, Penzance, Cornwall. 10.08.13.
Isopoda
Gnathia maxillaris
- praniza dorsal view 1
Isopoda
Gnathia maxillaris
- praniza dorsal anterior 1
The praniza above were found in a rock crevice on the extreme lowershore at Battery Rocks, Penzance, Cornwall. 23.06.17.
Isopoda
Gnathia maxillaris
- male / top view 1
Isopoda
Gnathia maxillaris
- male / underside 2
Isopoda
Gnathia maxillaris
- male / underside 3
Isopoda
Gnathia maxillaris
- male / top view 2
Isopoda
Gnathia maxillaris
- female / top view 1
Isopoda
Gnathia maxillaris
- female / top view 2
Isopoda
Gnathia maxillaris
- females / top view 1
Isopoda
Gnathia maxillaris
- praniza / top view 1
Isopoda
Gnathia maxillaris
- praniza / top view 2
Isopoda
Gnathia maxillaris
- praniza / top view 3
Isopoda
Gnathia maxillaris
- praniza / top view 4
Isopoda
Gnathia sp.
- praniza on Tarulus 1
Images of species taken at Spit Point, Par, near St. Austell, Cornwall. 12.06.10; also found in rock crevices on a low spring tide at Wherry Rocks, Wherrytown, Penzance, Cornwall. 28.09.11.
Gnathia praniza have been found feeding on the surface of Long-spinned sea scorpion (Tarulus bubalis) at Chimney Rocks, Penzance, Cornwall on a number of occasions.
The main objective of this website is in furthering environmental awareness and education through the medium of photography. To increase awareness and access to the wildlife of the region and help
people find and identify it. Sometimes the difference between species is obvious but many species can only be determined by observing microscopic characteristics that are specific to any one species.