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.

A-P-H-O-T-O Wildlife Stock Image Library
Cirriformia tentaculata (Montagu, 1808) - A cirratulid worm (Marine worm images)
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Cirratulid worm
Cirriformia tentaculata
- anterior lateral view head 1

Cirratulid worm
Cirriformia tentaculata
- head and tentacles 1

Cirratulid worm
Cirriformia tentaculata
- tentacles 1

Cirratulid worm
Cirriformia tentaculata
- anterior dorsal view 1

Cirratulid worm
Cirriformia tentaculata
- anterior ventral view 1

Cirratulid worm
Cirriformia tentaculata
- worm on dark background 1

Cirratulid worm
Cirriformia tentaculata
- worm on dark background 2

Specimen above found under a rock at Chimney Rocks, Penzance, Cornwall. 25.03.15.

Cirratulid worm
Cirriformia tentaculata
- worm 1

Cirratulid worm
Cirriformia tentaculata
- worm 2

Cirratulid worm
Cirriformia tentaculata
- worm 3

Cirratulid worm
Cirriformia tentaculata
- worm 4

Cirratulid worm
Cirriformia tentaculata
- worm 5

Cirratulid worm
Cirriformia tentaculata
- worm 6

Cirratulid worm
Cirriformia tentaculata
- worm 7

Cirratulid worm
Cirriformia tentaculata
- worm 8

Cirratulid worm
Cirriformia tentaculata
- worm 9

Cirratulid worm
Cirriformia tentaculata
- worm 10

Images taken at Lariggan Rocks, Wherry Town, Penzance, 30.08.11 and 11.10.14; Polkerris near St. Blazey, 03.03.10; and Spit Point, Par, near St. Austell, Cornwall, 18.03.09. Species was found in mud filled rock crevices or between rocks on the lowershore.

Cirratulid worm
Cirriformia tentaculata
- worms out of water 1

Cirratulid worm
Cirriformia tentaculata
- worms out of water 2

Cirratulid worm
Cirriformia tentaculata
- worms in sieve 1

Cirratulid worm
Cirriformia tentaculata
- worms in sieve 2

Cirratulid worm
Cirriformia tentaculata
- change in seabed 1

Cirratulid worm
Cirriformia tentaculata
- change in seabed 2

Cirratulid worm
Cirriformia tentaculata
- habitat / location 1

A change in the shallow sublittoral seabed was observed so a sample of sandy mud was sieved to determine the cause. The change in seabed was found to be caused by a colony of Cirriformia tentaculata. Bay east of Wherry Rocks, Penzance, Cornwall, 27.05.21.

Cirriformia tentaculata Polychaete Worm marine worm images
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.