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
Mesopodopsis slabberi (Van Beneden, 1861) - A mysid shrimp (Mysida images)
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Mysid shrimp
Mesopodopsis slabberi
- lateral view female 1

Mysid shrimp
Mesopodopsis slabberi
- ventral view female 1

Mysid shrimp
Mesopodopsis slabberi
- ventral view anterior 1

Mysid shrimp
Mesopodopsis slabberi
- berried female / eggs 1

Mysid shrimp
Mesopodopsis slabberi
- with 0.1mm division rule 1

Mysid shrimp
Mesopodopsis slabberi
- telson 1

Mysid shrimp
Mesopodopsis slabberi
- telson 2

Mysid shrimp
Mesopodopsis slabberi
- endouropod and exouropod 1

Mysid shrimp
Mesopodopsis slabberi
- endouropod 1

Mysid shrimp
Mesopodopsis slabberi
- statocyst and statolith 1

Mysid shrimp
Mesopodopsis slabberi
- eye stalks and rostrum 1

Mysid shrimp
Mesopodopsis slabberi
- female antennal scale 1

Specimen above caught in a plankton net in shallow water at low tide off Newlyn Green promenade, Newlyn, Cornwall, 13.07.17.

Specimens yet to be verified by an expert.

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.