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 - Long Rock 30.03.21 and Penzance 31.03.21 (Amphipod images)
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Long Rock 30.03.21
Maerid amphipod
Quadrimaera species
- lateral view juvenile male 1
Maerid amphipod
Quadrimaera species
- lateral view juvenile male 2
Maerid amphipod
Quadrimaera species
- lateral view gnathopods juvenile male 1
Maerid amphipod
Quadrimaera species
- lateral view gnathopods juvenile male 2
Maerid amphipod
Quadrimaera species
- lateral view gnathopod juvenile male 1
Maerid amphipod
Quadrimaera species
- lateral view anterior of juvenile male 1
Maerid amphipod
Quadrimaera species
- lateral view juvenile male 3
Maerid amphipod
Quadrimaera species
- with 0.1mm division scale 1
Maerid amphipod
Quadrimaera species
- habitat / location / extra low spring tide 1
Albert Pier reef, Penzance 31.03.21
Maerid amphipod
Quadrimaera species
- lateral view anterior juvenile male under microscope 1
Maerid amphipod
Quadrimaera species
- lateral view anterior juvenile male under microscope 1
Maerid amphipod
Quadrimaera species
- habitat / location / extra low spring tide 1
All the specimens above were found by the author, on washing developing holdfasts of Saccorhiza polyschides, Furbelows in a bucket and straining the sample through a small plastic kitchen sieve. Algae, crabs (Hairy and Long-clawed Porcelain), starfish, gastropods and fish are then removed before filling the container completely with fresh seawater before transport.
Both samples were collected below the low tide level during an extra low spring tide so it is best regarded a collection from the shallow sublittoral.
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.