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.
Eurydice pulchra Leach, 1815 - John Harvey bug (Isopoda images)
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John Harvey bug
Eurydice pulchra
- dorsal view 1
Eurydice pulchra
- dorsal view 1
John Harvey bug
Eurydice pulchra
- lateral view 1
John Harvey bug
Eurydice pulchra
- ventral view 1
John Harvey bug
Eurydice pulchra
- ventral view 2
John Harvey bug
Eurydice pulchra
- dorsal view group 1
John Harvey bug
Eurydice pulchra
- telson 1
John Harvey bug
Eurydice pulchra
- sample collection site 1
John Harvey bug
Eurydice pulchra
- habitat 1
Specimens above found swimming quickly around sandy uppershore pools, on an incoming tide, at Sennen Cove, Penwith, Cornwall. 19.12.14.
John Harvey bug
Eurydice pulchra
- dorsal view 2
John Harvey bug
Eurydice pulchra
- ventral view 3
John Harvey bug
Eurydice pulchra
- lateral view 2
John Harvey bug
Eurydice pulchra
- lateral view 3
John Harvey bug
Eurydice pulchra
- lateral view 4
John Harvey bug
Eurydice pulchra
- lateral close-up 1
John Harvey bug
Eurydice pulchra
- dorsal view head 1
John Harvey bug
Eurydice pulchra
- ventral view head 1
John Harvey bug
Eurydice pulchra
- dorsal view posterior 1
John Harvey bug
Eurydice pulchra
- ventral view posterior 1
John Harvey bug
Eurydice pulchra
- dorsal view 3
John Harvey bug
Eurydice pulchra
- dorsal view 4
John Harvey bug
Eurydice pulchra
- dorsal view 5
Species found in an uppershore / strandline pool with sandy botom at Sennen Cove, Penwith, Cornwall. 11.09.11. There were hundreds of these tiny isopods in a relatively small area. Species also found at low tide in shallow water at Sennen Cove, Cornwall. 08.07.14. Species observed biting feet of bathers.
John Harvey bug
Eurydice pulchra
- eaten by a stalked jellyfish 1
Species found devoured by stalked jellyfish Haliclystus octoradiatus in the harbour at Sennen Cove, Cornwall, 25.05.17.
Species is locally named the John Harvey bug after a local swimmer, who had his private parts attacked by the species whilst swimming.
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.