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.
Quadrimaera sp. - A maerid amphipod - a non-native species, Seaton, Cornwall, 11.09.22. (Amphipods)
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Maerid amphipod
Quadrimaera species
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Quadrimaera species
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Maerid amphipod
Quadrimaera species
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Maerid amphipod
Quadrimaera species
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Maerid amphipod
Quadrimaera species
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Maerid amphipod
Quadrimaera species
- gnathopod 2 -2
Maerid amphipod
Quadrimaera species
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Maerid amphipod
Quadrimaera species
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Maerid amphipod
Quadrimaera species
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Maerid amphipod
Quadrimaera species
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A single specimen was found on washing a single holdfasts of Saccorhiza polyschides, Furbelows in a bucket and straining the sample through a small plastic kitchen sieve. The sample was collected just below the low tide level during an extra low spring tide so it is best regarded a specimen from the shallow sublittoral rather than from the intertidal zone. Reef west of Seaton Beach, Seaton, Cornwall, 11.09.22.
The white patches observed on this specimen are likely of something commonly called Milk or Cotton Disease, this is likely caused by a fungus, a species like Inodosporus octosporus, which is the main agent in Cotton / Milk Disease of prawns.
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.