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
Sternaspis scutata Ranzani, 1817 - A sternaspid worm or Mud Owl (Marine worm images).
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Sternaspid worm or Mud Owl
Sternaspis scutata
- worm 1

Sternaspid worm or Mud Owl
Sternaspis scutata
- worm 2

Sternaspid worm or Mud Owl
Sternaspis scutata
- worms 1

Sternaspid worm or Mud Owl
Sternaspis scutata
- worms 2

Sternaspid worm or Mud Owl
Sternaspis scutata
- worm under microscope 1

Sternaspid worm or Mud Owl
Sternaspis scutata
- worm under microscope 2

Sternaspid worm or Mud Owl
Sternaspis scutata
- worm under microscope 3

The species above was dredged off Mount Batten during the Marine Biological Association Bioblitz 2014 at Mount Batten Plymouth, Devon. 12.09.14.

Numerous Tower shells, Turritella communis, the sipunculan Phascolion strombus, polychaete Melinna palmata and numerous live and dead bivalve molluscs were discovered as a result of the dredge.

Sternaspis scutata Mud Owl sternaspidae sternaspid 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.