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
Proceraea cornuta (Agassiz, 1862) - A syllid worm (Marine worm images).
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Syllid worm
Proceraea cornuta
- anterior dorsal view 1

Syllid worm
Proceraea cornuta
- dorsal view with stolon 1

Syllid worm
Proceraea cornuta
- head of stolon 1

Syllid worm
Proceraea cornuta
- anterior dorsal view 2

Syllid worm
Proceraea cornuta
- with 0.1mm division rule, worm approx. 5mm in length 1

Syllid worm
Proceraea cornuta
- dorsal view anterior under microscope 1

Syllid worm
Proceraea cornuta
- dorsal view head under microscope 1

Syllid worm
Proceraea cornuta
- proventriculus / microscope 1

Syllid worm
Proceraea cornuta
- trepan teeth / microscope 1

Syllid worm
Proceraea cornuta
- chaetae / microscope 1

The following specimen was found and photographed in the tube pictured.

Syllid worm
Proceraea cornuta
- dorsal view 1

Syllid worm
Proceraea cornuta
- anterior dorsal view 3

Syllid worm
Proceraea cornuta
- mucus tube on hydroid Dynamena pumila 1

Syllid worm
Proceraea cornuta
- mucus tube on hydroid Dynamena pumila 2

Syllid worm
Proceraea cornuta
- habitat / location 1

Syllid worm
Proceraea cornuta
- habitat / location 2

About thirty specimens were found on washing Dynamena pumila (hydroid) covered Saw Wrack, Fucus serratus, at the base of Brunel railway bridge, Ashtorre Rock, Saltash, Cornwall. 29.05.22.

Syllid worm
Proceraea cornuta
- dorsal view anterior under microscope 2

Syllid worm
Proceraea cornuta
- worm with hydroid under microscope 1

Syllid worm
Proceraea cornuta
- mucus tube / microscope 1

Syllid worm
Proceraea cornuta
- mucus tube 1

Syllid worm
Proceraea cornuta
- habitat / location 3

Numerous specimens were found on hydroid covered Fucus serratus, Saw Wrack in the shallow sublittoral at Neal Point near Landulph, Cornwall, 28.05.22.

Syllid worm
Proceraea cornuta
- epitoke 1

Syllid worm
Proceraea cornuta
- epitoke 2

Syllid worm
Proceraea cornuta
- epitoke 3

Syllid worm
Proceraea cornuta
- epitoke under microscope 1

The specimen above was found in a sediment sample that was scraped from a car tyre being used as a fender on a pontoon in Saltash, Cornwall. 04.07.22.

Species here kindly identified by Dr. Arne Nygren.

The Plymouth Marine Fauna, third edition of 1957, states that this species is an American species that first appeared at Plymouth in the summer of 1929 and was found abundantly on Laminaria covered with the hydroid Obelia.

Proceraea cornuta marine syllid worm 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.