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
Doropygus pulex Thorell, 1859 ? - A notodelphyid copepod (Copepod images)
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Copepod
Doropygus pulex
- lateral view female 1

Copepod
Doropygus pulex
- with 0.1mm division rule 1

Copepod
Doropygus pulex
- microscope image 1

Copepod
Doropygus pulex
- microscope image 2

Copepod
Doropygus pulex
- microscope image 3

Copepod
Doropygus pulex
- microscope image 4

Copepod
Doropygus pulex
- microscope image eggs 1

Probable identification, waiting verification from an expert. Specimen found after washing sea squirts, tunicates, that were picked off a rope at Newlyn Marina, Newlyn, Cornwall. 31.05.16.

This parasitic species is likely from Ciona intestinalis, the Yellow vase sea squirt; or Dirty sea squirt, Ascidella aspersa. Species here was found after the sediment in the bottom of the collection container was passed through a 1mm square hole plastic sieve (a 99p one from a supermarket). The strained material was washed in fresh seawater before being placed in a container for later inspection under a stereomicroscope.

Doropygus pulex Notodelphyid commensal sea squirts tunicates copepod 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.