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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Nesting or Arctic hiatella
Hiatella arctica
- exterior of shell 1

Nesting or Arctic hiatella
Hiatella arctica
- exterior of shell 2

Nesting or Arctic hiatella
Hiatella arctica
- hinge 1

Nesting or Arctic hiatella
Hiatella arctica
- shells on flotsam 1

Nesting or Arctic hiatella
Hiatella arctica
- shells on flotsam 2

Above specimens found on a piece of plastic flotsam which was washed-up near Hayle, Cornwall. 05.03.16.

Nesting or Arctic hiatella
Hiatella arctica
- on flotsam / byssal threads 1

Nesting or Arctic hiatella
Hiatella arctica
- on flotsam / byssal threads 2

Nesting or Arctic hiatella
Hiatella arctica
- on flotsam / byssal threads 3

Nesting or Arctic hiatella
Hiatella arctica
- shell / black background 1

Nesting or Arctic hiatella
Hiatella arctica
- on kelp holdfast 1

Images of this species were taken at Spit Point, Par; and Long Rock, Penzance, Cornwall. This species is found in and on Laminaria / Kelp holdfasts, in tests of sea squirts and on flotsam. It attaches by means of byssal threads. Hiatella rugosa is a rock boring species with a red siphon. The species is frequently found with Heteranomia squamula, the Prickly saddle oyster.

Synonyms: Hiatella rugosa (Linnaeus, 1767); but H. rugosa accepted as valid separate species by WoRMS.

See - Hiatella rugosa

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.