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
Idotea balthica (Pallas, 1772) - An isopod (Isopoda images)
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Isopod
Idotea baltica
- male top view 1

Isopod
Idotea baltica
- male underside 1

Isopod
Idotea baltica
- male top view and underside 1

Isopod
Idotea baltica
- male pleotelson underside 1

Specimen above found at Little London reef, Marazion, Cornwall, 24.08.13.

Isopod
Idotea baltica
- well marked specimen 1

Specimen above found at Newlyn Marina, Newlyn, Cornwall, 05.05.16.

Isopod
Idotea baltica
- female dorsal view 1

Isopod
Idotea baltica
- female head and antennae 1

Isopod
Idotea baltica
- female posterior telson 1

Specimen above found at Battery Rocks, Penzance, Cornwall, 03.07.16.

Isopod
Idotea baltica
- female dorsal view 2

Isopod
Idotea baltica
- female ventral view 1

Isopod
Idotea baltica
- female brooding juveniles 1

Isopod
Idotea baltica
- female brooding juveniles 2

Isopod
Idotea baltica
- female brooding juveniles 3

Specimen above found at Ceres Rock, Gwithian, Cornwall, 10.03.16.

Isopod
Idotea baltica
- patterned juvenile 1

Isopod
Idotea baltica
- patterned juvenile tail 1

Isopod
Idotea baltica
- patterned juvenile head 1

Isopod
Idotea baltica
- selection of specimens 1

Isopod
Idotea baltica
- live animal / side view 1

Isopod
Idotea baltica
- live animal / top view 1

Isopod
Idotea baltica
- live animal / top view 2

Isopod
Idotea baltica
- live animal / top view 3

Isopod
Idotea baltica
- live animal / top view 4

Isopod
Idotea baltica
- live animal / underside 1

Isopod
Idotea baltica
- live animal in rockpool 1

Images of species taken at Wherry Rocks, Penzance. 01.09.11; Downderry, Cornwall. 17.01.06; at Long Rock, Penzance, Cornwall. 23.08.13; and at Devil's Point, Plymouth, Stonehouse, Devon. 02.03.09.

 

 

Idotea balthica Marine Animal Resembling Woodlouse Isopoda 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.