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
Phronima sedentaria (Forskål, 1775) - Monster in a Barrel, Pram Bug or Barrel Shrimp (Amphipod images)
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Phronimid amphipod
Phronima sedentaria
- female, front view head 1

Phronimid amphipod
Phronima sedentaria
- female, lateral view anterior 1

Phronimid amphipod
Phronima sedentaria
- female, lateral view anterior 2

Phronimid amphipod
Phronima sedentaria
- female, dorsal view anterior 1

Phronimid amphipod
Phronima sedentaria
- female, dorsal view anterior 2

Phronimid amphipod
Phronima sedentaria
- female, dorsal view posterior 1

Phronimid amphipod
Phronima sedentaria
- female, lateral view posterior 1

Phronimid amphipod
Phronima sedentaria
- female, gnathopod 2 under microscope 1

Phronimid amphipod
Phronima sedentaria
- female, at mouth of salp 1

Phronimid amphipod
Phronima sedentaria
- female, with salp 1

Phronimid amphipod
Phronima sedentaria
- female, entire ventral view 1

Phronimid amphipod
Phronima sedentaria
- female, entire dorsal view 1

Phronimid amphipod
Phronima sedentaria
- female, entire lateral view 1

Phronimid amphipod
Phronima sedentaria
- with 1.0mm division rule 1

Phronimid amphipod
Phronima sedentaria
- femaile at mouth of salp on frosted acryllic background 1

Phronimid amphipod
Phronima sedentaria
- salp with juvenile phronimids 1

Phronimid amphipod
Phronima sedentaria
- 3mm long juvenile phronimid 1

The adult female specimen of Phronima sedentaria displayed was found on the strandline inside the Common Salp, Salpa fusiformis at Sennen Cove, Cornwall. 12.11.23. This female specimen was also brooding about 32 well developed juveniles.

I am very very grateful indeed to Dr. Michael Vos who's child found the specimen and together passed it on to the author of this website so it could be photographed in detail.

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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.