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.

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Websterinereis sp. possibly Websterinereis glauca (Claparède, 1870) - A nereidid worm (Marine worms)
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Nereidid worm
Websterinereis sp. possibly Websterinereis glauca
- dorsal view worm 1

Nereidid worm
Websterinereis sp. possibly Websterinereis glauca
- dorsal view worm 2

Nereidid worm
Websterinereis sp. possibly Websterinereis glauca
- lateral view worm 1

Nereidid worm
Websterinereis sp. possibly Websterinereis glauca
- dorsal view anterior 1

Nereidid worm
Websterinereis sp. possibly Websterinereis glauca
- stained with "Shirlastain A" to show papillae on the ventral side of the pharynx 1

Nereidid worm
Websterinereis sp. possibly Websterinereis glauca
- with 1.0mm division rule 1

The 15mm long specimen above was found on fine red algae among Dendrodoa grossularia, the Baked-bean sea squirt at Marra Pool, Mount Batten, Plymouth, Devon, 17.06.22.

Nereidid worm
Websterinereis sp. possibly Websterinereis glauca
- dorsal view anterior 2

Nereidid worm
Websterinereis sp. possibly Websterinereis glauca
- dorsal view worm 3

Nereidid worm
Websterinereis sp. possibly Websterinereis glauca
- dorsal view worm 4

Nereidid worm
Websterinereis sp. possibly Websterinereis glauca
- with 0.1mm division rule 1

Nereidid worm
Websterinereis sp. possibly Websterinereis glauca
- ventral view of exerted pharynx stained with methyl green 1

Nereidid worm
Websterinereis sp. possibly Websterinereis glauca
- parapodia from anterior of specimen 1

Nereidid worm
Websterinereis sp. possibly Websterinereis glauca
- parapodia from middle of specimen 1

Nereidid worm
Websterinereis sp. possibly Websterinereis glauca
- parapodia from near posterior of specimen 1

The specimen above was found in a small sample of Coral Weed, Corallina officinalis, with various other algae, collected from rocks in a large but shallow pool on the lowershore on the south side of Batten Beach, Mount Batten, Plymouth, Devon, 16.05.22.

Nereidid worm
Websterinereis sp. possibly Websterinereis glauca
- dorsal view anterior 3

Nereidid worm
Websterinereis sp. possibly Websterinereis glauca
- dorsal view anterior 4

Nereidid worm
Websterinereis sp. possibly Websterinereis glauca
- mid-section dorsal view 1

Nereidid worm
Websterinereis sp. possibly Websterinereis glauca
- with 0.1mm division rule 2

Nereidid worm
Websterinereis glauca ?
- anterior under microscope 1

Nereidid worm
Websterinereis sp. possibly Websterinereis glauca
- head under microscope 1

Nereidid worm
Websterinereis sp. possibly Websterinereis glauca
- close-up right side of head / microscope 1

Nereidid worm
Websterinereis sp. possibly Websterinereis glauca
- mandible under microscope 1

Nereidid worm
Websterinereis glauca ?
- parapodium / microscope 1

Nereidid worm
Websterinereis sp. possibly Websterinereis glauca
- chaetae / microscope 1

Nereidid worm
Websterinereis sp. possibly Websterinereis glauca
- chaetae / microscope 2

Specimen found in a small sample of coralline algae scraped from a rock surrounded by clean shell sand, sample taken at low tide mark on a fairly low spring tide at Hannafore Point, Looe, Cornwall, 29.04.22.

Nereidid worm
Websterinereis sp. possibly Websterinereis glauca
- dorsal view worm Saltash 1

Nereidid worm
Websterinereis sp. possibly Websterinereis glauca
- dorsal view anterior Saltash 1

Nereidid worm
Websterinereis sp. possibly Websterinereis glauca
- dorsal view anterior Saltash 2

Nereidid worm
Websterinereis sp. possibly Websterinereis glauca
- with 0.1mm division rule 3

Specimen above was found on washing Fucus serratus, Saw Wrack on the low spring tide mark at Ashtorre Rock, River Tamar, Saltash, Cornwall, 13.09.22.

Experts Chris Glasby, Cinthya Santos and Andrew Mackie from the Facebook group Annelida-Polychaeta kindly provided help and advice on the specimens featured here, thank you.

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