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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Ingolfiellidean
Ingolfiella britannica
- lateral view with camera 1

Ingolfiellidean
Ingolfiella britannica
- lateral view with camera 2

Ingolfiellidean
Ingolfiella britannica
- lateral view with camera, b/w negative image 1

Ingolfiellidean
Ingolfiella britannica
- with 0.1mm division rule 1

Ingolfiellidean
Ingolfiella britannica
- lateral view microscope 1

Ingolfiellidean
Ingolfiella britannica
- antennae 1 -1

Ingolfiellidean
Ingolfiella britannica
- antenna 2 -1

Ingolfiellidean
Ingolfiella britannica
- gnathopod 1 -1

Ingolfiellidean
Ingolfiella britannica
- gnathopod 2 -1

Ingolfiellidean
Ingolfiella britannica
- lateral view anterior 1

Ingolfiellidean
Ingolfiella britannica
- habitat / location / sediment 1

Ingolfiellidean
Ingolfiella britannica
- habitat / location 1

Ingolfiellidean
Ingolfiella britannica
- habitat / location 2

Ingolfiellidean
Ingolfiella britannica
- sediment sample 1

Ingolfiellidean
Ingolfiella britannica
- sediment sample 2

Four specimens were found in grit / sand composed mostly of barnacle plates and organic debris, in the littoral zone close to mean low water mark. The species was found in sediment samples taken right at the foot of the pillar of Brunel's railway bridge at Saltash, Cornwall, 17.02.18. The sediment samples were collected and cleaned using nothing more than a a cheap plastic kitchen sieve.

Specimens were found live, and were found floating on the surface of seawater covering the sediment sample. Two were placed in 100% ethanol for scientific study as this species is not common and very under-recorded.

The species was first found in offshore shell gravels near the Eddystone Reef in 1959, and is regarded an interstitial species.
Care must be taken on looking at samples that may contain this species, it could easily be mistaken for juveniles of the caprellid amhipod Phtisica marina.

The order Ingolfiellida was until recently a suborder of Amphipoda, Ingolfiellidea.

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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