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
Phtisica marina Slabber, 1769 - A skeleton shrimp or phtisicid amphipod (Amphipod images)
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Skeleton shrimp
Phtisica marina
- lateral view 1

Skeleton shrimp
Phtisica marina
- lateral view head 1

Skeleton shrimp
Phtisica marina
- pereopods 3 and 4 -1

Specimen above found on fouling attached to pontoons at Premier Marina, Falmouth, Cornwall. 07.05.15.

Skeleton shrimp
Phtisica marina
- brooding female 1

Skeleton shrimp
Phtisica marina
- brooding female 2

Specimen above found on the algae Halidrys siliquosa, Sea Oak, in Newlyn Harbour, Newlyn, Cornwall. 24.06.17. Phtisica marina is perhaps the most common caprellid in Newlyn Harbour.

Skeleton shrimp
Phtisica marina
- lateral view 1

Skeleton shrimp
Phtisica marina
- pereopods 3 and 4 -2

Skeleton shrimp
Phtisica marina
- pereopods 3 and 4 -3

Skeleton shrimp
Phtisica marina
- gnathopod 2 -1

Skeleton shrimp
Phtisica marina
- gnathopod 2 -2

Skeleton shrimp
Phtisica marina
- gnathopod and pereopod 1

Skeleton shrimp
Phtisica marina
- anterior lateral view 1

Skeleton shrimp
Phtisica marina
- gnathopod 2 -3

Skeleton shrimp
Phtisica marina
- anterior 1

Species found on sampling hydroid covered algae, mainly Laminaria, at Newlyn Marina, Newlyn, Cornwall. 02.10.14 and 09.09.17.

Phtisica marina Skeleton shrimp Phtisicid Phtisicidae Amphipod 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.