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.

Scroll down and rollover titles to change screen image or click on title to view image.

Urothoid amphipod
Urothoe poseidonis
- male and female specimens 1

Urothoid amphipod
Urothoe poseidonis
- male specimen lateral view 1

Urothoid amphipod
Urothoe poseidonis
- female specimen dorsal view 1

Urothoid amphipod
Urothoe poseidonis
- male specimen lateral view 2

Urothoid amphipod
Urothoe poseidonis
- male specimen lateral view 3

Urothoid amphipod
Urothoe poseidonis
- male specimen lateral view 4

Urothoid amphipod
Urothoe poseidonis
- male dorsal view anterior 1

Urothoid amphipod
Urothoe poseidonis
- male lateral view anteior 1

Urothoid amphipod
Urothoe poseidonis
- male lateral view posterior 1

Urothoid amphipod
Urothoe poseidonis
- male 0.1mm division rule 1

Urothoid amphipod
Urothoe poseidonis
- male pereopod 5 -1

Urothoid amphipod
Urothoe poseidonis
- male pereopod 5 -2

Urothoid amphipod
Urothoe poseidonis
- male uropods / microscope 1

Urothoid amphipod
Urothoe poseidonis
- male telson / microscope 1

Urothoid amphipod
Urothoe poseidonis
- habitat / location 1

Specimens above were found on sieving clean sand at the low tide line in front of Chyandour Rocks, Penzance, Cornwall, 25.06.20.

Urothoid amphipod
Urothoe poseidonis
- female dorsal view 1

Urothoid amphipod
Urothoe poseidonis
- female dorsal view 2

Urothoid amphipod
Urothoe poseidonis
- female dorsal view 3

Urothoid amphipod
Urothoe poseidonis
- female lateral view 1

Urothoid amphipod
Urothoe poseidonis
- female lateral view 2

Urothoid amphipod
Urothoe poseidonis
- female pereopod 5 -1

Urothoid amphipod
Urothoe poseidonis
- female pereopod 5 / under microscope 1

Urothoid amphipod
Urothoe poseidonis
- female posterior 1

Urothoid amphipod
Urothoe poseidonis
- dorsal view posterior of female under microscope 1

Urothoid amphipod
Urothoe poseidonis
- female antennae 1

Urothoid amphipod
Urothoe poseidonis
- female antenna 1 / under microscope 1

Urothoid amphipod
Urothoe poseidonis
- female antenna 2 / under microscope 1

Urothoid amphipod
Urothoe poseidonis
- female dorsal view with white perspex background 1

Urothoid amphipod
Urothoe poseidonis
- with 0.1mm division rule 1

Urothoid amphipod
Urothoe poseidonis
- habitat / location 2

Urothoid amphipod
Urothoe poseidonis
- habitat / location 3

Numerous female specimens were found on sieving sand at the low tide line in front of Chyandour Rocks, Penzance, Cornwall, 23.06.20. A cheap plastic kitchen sieve was used to sieve the sand.

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.