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
Hexapleomera wombat Bamber, 2012 - A tanaidid tanaid - a non-native species (Tanaidacea images)
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Tanaid
Hexapleomera wombat
- dorsal view male 1

Tanaid
Hexapleomera wombat
- ventral view male 1

Tanaid
Hexapleomera wombat
- lateral view male 1

Tanaid
Hexapleomera wombat
- with 0.1mm division rule 1

Tanaid
Hexapleomera wombat
- rostrum male 1

Tanaid
Hexapleomera wombat
- carapace male 1

Tanaid
Hexapleomera wombat
- antennae 1

Tanaid
Hexapleomera wombat
- claws / chelipeds male 1

Tanaid
Hexapleomera wombat
- claw / cheliped male 1

Tanaid
Hexapleomera wombat
- claw / cheliped male 2

Tanaid
Hexapleomera wombat
- legs / pereopods 1

Tanaid
Hexapleomera wombat
- uropod male 1

Secimen above was found in a scrape sample of fouling from a pontoon at Newlyn Marina, Newlyn, Cornwall, 05.10.18.

Tanaid
Hexapleomera wombat
- dorsal view male 2

Tanaid
Hexapleomera wombat
- lateral view male 2

Tanaid
Hexapleomera wombat
- ventral view male 2

Tanaid
Hexapleomera wombat
- ventral view / fixed male 1

Tanaid
Hexapleomera wombat
- lateral view / fixed male 1

Tanaid
Hexapleomera wombat
- male 0.1mm division rule 2

Tanaid
Hexapleomera wombat
- uropod male 2

Tanaid
Hexapleomera wombat
- antennae male 2

Tanaid
Hexapleomera wombat
- cheliped male 3

Tanaid
Hexapleomera wombat
- cheliped male 4

The male specimen above was found in a scrape sample taken from a pontoon at Queen Anne's Battery Marina, Plymouth, Devon, during the MBA Bioblitz, 14.10.16. The specimen was found near to the site where the species was originally discovered by Dr. John Bishop at the Marine Biological Association at Plymouth. The specimen above has been kindly verified by Dr. Graham Bird.

Tanaid
Hexapleomera wombat
- dorsal view female 1

Tanaid
Hexapleomera wombat
- head / anterior female 1

Tanaid
Hexapleomera wombat
- abdomen / posterior female 1

Specimen found on a marina pontoon at Falmouth, Cornwall, by Dr. Paul Gainey, October 2014.

I believe this is the first confirmed Cornish record of the species, which was originally named from material collected at Plymouth, Devon, and from a boat called Wombat, that was birthed at a Plymouth marina.

The female here was kindly determined by Dr. Graham Bird, who stated, pereonites 1-3 together shorter than broad), pleonite setation sparse and 4- segments in uropod. The males have the very arcuate cheliped dactylus.

I very rarely use images taken by others on this website, but here all images of the female were taken by and are © Dr. Paul Gainey. They are being used with permission and are here to display what is quite a recently described species of tanaid, which has been found in Cornwall. Images of the male are © David Fenwick, the author of this website.

Hexapleomera wombat Tanaididae Crustacaea Tanaid 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.