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.
Lekanesphaera rugicauda (Leach, 1814) - A sphaeromatid isopod (Isopoda images)
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Sphaeromatid isopoda
Lekanesphaera rugicauda
- dorsal view / Calstock 1
Lekanesphaera rugicauda
- dorsal view / Calstock 1
Sphaeromatid isopoda
Lekanesphaera rugicauda
- front view / Calstock 1
Sphaeromatid isopoda
Lekanesphaera rugicauda
- pleotelson / Calstock 1
Sphaeromatid isopoda
Lekanesphaera rugicauda
- with 1.0mm division rule / Calstock 1
Sphaeromatid isopoda
Lekanesphaera rugicauda
- peraeopod 1 / microscope / Calstock 1
Sphaeromatid isopoda
Lekanesphaera rugicauda
- maxillipede / microscope / Calstock 1
Sphaeromatid isopoda
Lekanesphaera rugicauda
- habitat / location / Calstock 1
Numerous specimens were netted on the pontoon on the River Tamar at Calstock, Cornwall, 20.09.22.
Sphaeromatid isopoda
Lekanesphaera rugicauda
- dorsal view 1
Sphaeromatid isopoda
Lekanesphaera rugicauda
- dorsal view 2
Sphaeromatid isopoda
Lekanesphaera rugicauda
- ventral view 1
Sphaeromatid isopoda
Lekanesphaera rugicauda
- dorsal view posterior 1
Sphaeromatid isopoda
Lekanesphaera rugicauda
- pleotelson 1
Sphaeromatid isopoda
Lekanesphaera rugicauda
- pleotelson 2
Sphaeromatid isopoda
Lekanesphaera rugicauda
- pair 1
Sphaeromatid isopoda
Lekanesphaera rugicauda
- antenna 1
Sphaeromatid isopoda
Lekanesphaera rugicauda
- antennule 1
Sphaeromatid isopoda
Lekanesphaera rugicauda
- maxilliped 1
Sphaeromatid isopoda
Lekanesphaera rugicauda
- peraeopod 1 -1
Sphaeromatid isopoda
Lekanesphaera rugicauda
- peraeopod 1 claw -1
Numerous specimens found under rocks sometimes with Bay barnacle, Amphibalanus improvisus, Australian barnacle, Austrominius modestus and the non-native invasive Trumpet tube worm, Ficopomatus enigmaticus in shallow brackish water at the southern edge of the non-tidal part of Millbrook Lake, east of Millbrook, Cornwall, 03.02.18.
Sphaeromatid isopoda
Lekanesphaera rugicauda
- pair rolled into ball 1
Sphaeromatid isopoda
Lekanesphaera rugicauda
- pair rolled into ball 2
Sphaeromatid isopoda
Lekanesphaera rugicauda
- pair rolled into ball 3
Species found under a stone in a small sheltered rockpool on the uppershore at Gillan Harbour, St. Anthony-in-Meneage, Cornwall. 10.03.15.
Sphaeromatid isopoda
Lekanesphaera rugicauda
- pleotelson with tubercules 3
Species found under a stone near high tide mark in tidal river at west end of Par Beach, Par, near St. Austell, Cornwall. 23.01.10.
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.