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.

Oligochaete worms and Leeches - Class Clitellata (Marine worms images)
Clitellate oligochaetes (Clitellata)

Oligochaeta (Subclass) > Enchytraeida (Order)

Enchytraeidae (Family)

Lumbricillus
Lumbricillus sp. - An enchytraeid oligochaete
(Copperhouse Pool, Hayle, Cornwall. 18.08.16)

Lumbricillus sp. ? - An enchytraeid oligochaete
(Seaton Beach, Cornwall, 01.09.22.)

Marionina
Marionina southerni (Černosvitov, 1937)
- An enchytraeid oligochaete

Oligochaeta (Subclass) > Haplotaxida (Order) > Tubificina (Suborder)

Tubificidae (Family) > Tubificinae (Subfamily)

Clitellio
Clitellio arenarius (Müller, 1776)
- A marine oligochaete or sludge worm

Tubificoides
Tubificoides benedii (Udekem, 1855)
- A marine oligochaete or sludge worm

Tubificoides insularis (Stephenson, 1923)
- A marine oligochaete or sludge worm

Unidentified oligochaete species from
Sennen Cove, Cornwall, 14.07.17.

Unidentified oligochaete species from
Saltash, Cornwall, 04.03.18.

Collection of images of un-identified marine oligochaetes

Leeches (Hirudinea)

Euhirudinea (Infraclass) > Rhynchobdellida (Order)

Piscicolidae (Family)

Brumptiana
Brumptiana lineata Knight-Jones & Llewellyn, 1984 ?
- on both on Topknot, Zeugopterus punctatus and the Longspined Sea Scorpion,Taurulus bubalis, a marine leech

Platybdellinae (Subfamily)

Oceanobdella
Oceanobdella microstoma (Johansson, 1896)
- A Marine leech on Taurulus bubalis

Euhirudinea (Infraclass) > Rhynchobdellida (Order)

Piscicolidae (Family) > Pontobdellinae (Subfamily)

Pontobdella
Pontobdella muricata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- A Ray / Skate leech

Clitellate oligochaetes clitellata hirundinea leech leeches sludge Worm Images UK