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.

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Marine flatworm
Species to identify
- Carnsew Pool on Saw wrack 1

Marine flatworm
Species to identify
- Carnsew Pool on Saw wrack 2

Marine flatworm
Species to identify
- Carnsew Pool on Saw wrack 3

Marine flatworm
Species to identify
- under microscope 1

Marine flatworm
Species to identify
- Carnsew Pool - where found 1

Small specimen with two pairs of small eyes, specimen found after washing a plant of permanently submerged Saw wrack, Fucus serratus, in seawater. Specimen found at Carnsew Pool, Hayle, Cornwall. 19.07.15.

Sea lettuce, Ulva sp. and Ceramium were growing epiphytically on the piece of Saw wrack that was washed, so it is unknown if the flatworm came from one of those algae or not; or from the bryozoan Bowerbankia or many of the hydroids that covered the material. It must be noted that there must have been over 100 of these small flatworms found in the sample after washing, along with hundreds of copepods.

Marine flatworm
Species to identify
- from East Pier, Hayle 1

Marine flatworm
Species to identify
- from East Pier, Hayle 2

Marine flatworm
Species to identify
- under microscope greyscale 1

Marine flatworm
Species to identify
- anterior under microscope 1

Marine flatworm
Species to identify
- posterior under microscope 1

Species found in a sample of marine fouling taken from a pontoon at East Pier, Hayle, Cornwall. 07.06.18.

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.

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