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
Oestergrenia digitata (Montagu, 1815) with plates and anchors - A sea cucumber (Holothurian images)
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Sea cucumber
Oestergrenia digitata
- broken tail end 1

Sea cucumber
Oestergrenia digitata
- broken tail end 2

Sea cucumber
Oestergrenia digitata
- plate and anchor without scale under microscope 1

Sea cucumber
Oestergrenia digitata
- plate without scale under microscope 1

Sea cucumber
Oestergrenia digitata
- anchor without scale under microscope 1

Sea cucumber
Oestergrenia digitata
- spicule without scale under microscope 1

Sea cucumber
Oestergrenia digitata
- spicule without scale under microscope 2

Sea cucumber
Oestergrenia digitata
- plate without scale under microscope 2

Sea cucumber
Oestergrenia digitata
- plate with 0.1mm division rule under microscope 1

Sea cucumber
Oestergrenia digitata
- anchor with 0.1mm division rule under microscope 1

Sea cucumber
Oestergrenia digitata
- plate and anchor with 0.1mm division rule under microscope 1

Sea cucumber
Oestergrenia digitata
- plate and anchors with 0.1mm division rule under microscope 1

Sea cucumber
Oestergrenia digitata
- habitat / location 1

Two tail ends were found on sampling clean shell sand from a gully in the sublittoral at Hannafore Point, Looe, Cornwall, 29.04.22. One tail end was saponified in bleach to reveal the anchors and plates that can be used to determine the species which points to Oestergrenia digitata because of the proportion in size between the anchor and plate.

Oestergrenia digitata auricularia Sea Cucumber Holothurian 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.