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
Sclerocheilus minutus Grube, 1863 - A scalibregmatid or Maggot worm (Marine worms).
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Scalibregmatid worm
Sclerocheilus minutus
- dorsal view worm 1

Scalibregmatid worm
Sclerocheilus minutus
- dorsal view worm 2

Scalibregmatid worm
Sclerocheilus minutus
- lateral view worm 1

Scalibregmatid worm
Sclerocheilus minutus
- lateral view worm coiled 1

Scalibregmatid worm
Sclerocheilus minutus
- dorsal view anterior 1

Scalibregmatid worm
Sclerocheilus minutus
- dorsal view anterior 2

Scalibregmatid worm
Sclerocheilus minutus
- habitat / location 1

Scalibregmatid worm
Sclerocheilus minutus
- habitat / location 2

The specimen above was found in a small sample of coralline algae scraped from a pool on the lowershore at Bovisand Beach, near Plymouth, Devon, 19.04.22.

Scalibregmatid worm
Sclerocheilus minutus
- lateral view anterior 1

Scalibregmatid worm
Sclerocheilus minutus
- lateral view anterior 2

Scalibregmatid worm
Sclerocheilus minutus
- ventral view anterior 1

Scalibregmatid worm
Sclerocheilus minutus
- lateral view worm 2

Scalibregmatid worm
Sclerocheilus minutus
- with 0.1mm division rule 1

Scalibregmatid worm
Sclerocheilus minutus
- dorsal view eye spots and appendages / microscope 1

Scalibregmatid worm
Sclerocheilus minutus
- dorsal view anterior under microscope 1

Scalibregmatid worm
Sclerocheilus minutus
- dorsal view posterior under microscope 1

Scalibregmatid worm
Sclerocheilus minutus
- chaetae 1

Scalibregmatid worm
Sclerocheilus minutus
- chaetae 2

Scalibregmatid worm
Sclerocheilus minutus
- habitat / location 1

A single specimen of this species was found in a rock crevice sample taken at low water on a low spring tide at Hannafore Point, Looe, Cornwall, 04.02.22.

Species kindly verified by Dr. Andrew Mackie.

Sclerocheilus minutus scalibregmatidae scalibregmatid 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.