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
Pereionotus testudo (Montagu, 1808) - A phliantid amphipod (Amphipod images)
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Phliantid amphipod
Pereionotus testudo
- dorsal view 1

Phliantid amphipod
Pereionotus testudo
- ventral and lateral view 1

Above images, numerous specimens found on washing Saccorhiza polyschides, Furbellow holdfasts at Battery Rocks, Penzance, Cornwall, 25.07.17.

Phliantid amphipod
Pereionotus testudo
- dorsal view 2

Phliantid amphipod
Pereionotus testudo
- dorsal view 3

Phliantid amphipod
Pereionotus testudo
- dorsal view 4

Phliantid amphipod
Pereionotus testudo
- ventral view 1

Phliantid amphipod
Pereionotus testudo
- with 0.1mm division rule 1

Numerous specimens obtained from washing the large brown algae Saccorhiza polyschides, Furbellow; which was found growing on the extreme lowershore at Challaborough, South Devon. 30.09.15.

Phliantid amphipod
Pereionotus testudo
- dorsal view 5

Phliantid amphipod
Pereionotus testudo
- ventral view 2

Specimen above was found in a subtidal sample of Coral Weed, Corallina officinalis, collected at Chimney Rocks, Penzance, Cornwall. 05.06.16.

Phliantid amphipod
Pereionotus testudo
- female with eggs 1

Phliantid amphipod
Pereionotus testudo
- egg mass 1

Phliantid amphipod
Pereionotus testudo
- telson under microscope 1

The brooding female above was found on washing the holdfasts of Saccorhiza polyschides, Furbelows. which were collected from below the low tide level at Chimney Rocks, Penzance, Cornwall, 25.09.18.

Pereionotus testudo amphipod amphipoda 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.