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.
Eumida aff. merope - A cryptic species within the Eumida sanguinea complex (Marine worm images)
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Phyllodocid worm
Eumida aff. merope
- worm dorsal view 1
Eumida aff. merope
- worm dorsal view 1
Phyllodocid worm
Eumida aff. merope
- worm dorsal view 2
Phyllodocid worm
Eumida aff. merope
- worm dorsal view 3
Phyllodocid worm
Eumida aff. merope
- dorsal view anterior 1
Phyllodocid worm
Eumida aff. merope
- worm ventral view 1
Specimen above was found in a sample of scrapings collected from pontoons at Newlyn Marina, Newlyn, Cornwall. 17.03.15.
Collection ref: 2-green.
Phyllodocid worm
Eumida aff. merope
- dorsal view anterior 2
Phyllodocid worm
Eumida aff. merope
- dorsal view anterior 3
Phyllodocid worm
Eumida aff. merope
- dorsal view anterior 4
Phyllodocid worm
Eumida aff. merope
- worm dorsal view 4
Specimen above was found in a sample of scrapings collected from pontoons at Newlyn Marina, Newlyn, Cornwall. 17.03.15.
Collection ref: 3-green.
Phyllodocid worm
Eumida aff. merope
- worm dorsal view 5
Phyllodocid worm
Eumida aff. merope
- anterior lateral view 1
Phyllodocid worm
Eumida aff. merope
- with 0.1mm division rule 1
Phyllodocid worm
Eumida aff. merope
- pharynx 1
Specimen above was found in a sample of scrapings collected from pontoons at Newlyn Marina, Newlyn, Cornwall. 02.04.15.
Collection ref: A5.
Phyllodocid worm
Eumida aff. merope
- worm dorsal view 6
Specimen above was found in a sample of coralline algae and sediment collected from a deep middleshore pool at Battery Rocks, Cornwall. 07.04.15.
Collection ref: B1.
Phyllodocid worm
Eumida aff. merope
- worm dorsal view 7
Phyllodocid worm
Eumida aff. merope
- dorsal view anterior 5
Phyllodocid worm
Eumida aff. merope
- dorsal view anterior 6
Phyllodocid worm
Eumida aff. merope
- dorsal transverse lines 1
Phyllodocid worm
Eumida aff. merope
- on white background 1
Phyllodocid worm
Eumida aff. merope
- collection site 1
The specimen above was found in a sample of fouling from the side of the pontoon at Helford River Sailing Club, Helford, Cornwall. 29.10.15. Also in the sample were two specimens of Eumida mackiei.
Collection ref: H2 and H3.
PLEASE NOTE - All the specimens above were determined by DNA sequencing as part of a scientific study. Morphological identification is unlikely to be reliable.
The species here is published in a paper entitled " From 13 to 22 in a second stroke: revisiting the European Eumida sanguinea (Phyllodocidae: Annelida) species complex" by Marcos A. L. Teixeira, Pedro E. Vieira, Ascensao Ravara, Filipe O. Costa and Arne Nygren. Published in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2022, XX, 1–29.
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.