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
Limnoria lignorum (Rathke, 1799) ? - Gribble (Isopoda images)
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Gribble
Limnoria lignorum
- lateral view 1

Gribble
Limnoria lignorum
- lateral view 2

Images of animal taken near Mylor Marina, near Penryn, Cornwall. 05.03.14.

Gribble
Limnoria lignorum
- damage / bore holes 1

Gribble
Limnoria lignorum
- damage / bore holes 2

Gribble
Limnoria lignorum
- damage / bore holes 3

Gribble
Limnoria lignorum
- damage / bore holes 4

Gribble
Limnoria lignorum
- damage / bore holes 5

Images of gribble damage to a petrified branch washed up at Long Rock, near Penzance, Cornwall. 09.11.11.

Gribble
Limnoria lignorum
- damage to wooden pile 1

Gribble
Limnoria lignorum
- damage to wooden pile 2

Gribble
Limnoria lignorum
- damage to wooden pile 3

Gribble
Limnoria lignorum
- damage to wooden pile 4

Damage seen on pile at Newlyn Harbour, Newlyn, Cornwall. 06.09.16.

Holes made by gribbles may also be used by other animals, by flatworms, nemerteans, annelids, marine arthropods and small or juvenile species of snail, even beach fly maggots. Indeed, holes made by gribbles may also allow the young of shipworms or piddocks a niche habitat in which to settle.

Limnoria lignorum Gribble Isopoda isopod 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.