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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Ctenostome bryozoan
Amathia gracilis
- on Fucus guiryi 1

Specimen above found on the brown algae Fucus guiryi, Guiry's Wrack, alongside the Harbour Car Park at Penzance Harbour, Penzance, Cornwall. 13.06.15.

Ctenostome bryozoan
Amathia gracilis
- on small red algae 1

Ctenostome bryozoan
Amathia gracilis
- on small red algae 2

Ctenostome bryozoan
Amathia gracilis
- on small red algae 3

Ctenostome bryozoan
Amathia gracilis
- on small red algae 4

Ctenostome bryozoan
Amathia gracilis
- on small red algae 5

Ctenostome bryozoan
Amathia gracilis
- on red algae in centre 1

Specimens above found on sample of red algae taken from a north facing rock overhang, of a lowershore pool, near Godrevy Point, Gwithian, Cornwall. 27.09.14.

Ctenostome bryozoan
Amathia gracilis
- in crevices of oyster shell 1

Ctenostome bryozoan
Amathia gracilis
- in crevices of oyster shell 2

Ctenostome bryozoan
Amathia gracilis
- sample under microscope 1

Ctenostome bryozoan
Amathia gracilis
- with 0.1mm division rule 1

Specimens above found on an old oyster shell found at low water neap tide level in Newlyn Harbour, Newlyn, Cornwall. 31.03.16.

Ctenostome bryozoan
Amathia gracilis
- sample in-situ in sediment 1

Ctenostome bryozoan
Amathia gracilis
- lateral studio view 1

Ctenostome bryozoan
Amathia gracilis
- with 0.1mm division rule 2

Ctenostome bryozoan
Amathia gracilis
- zooid tip under microscope 1

Ctenostome bryozoan
Amathia gracilis
- zooids under microscope 1

Ctenostome bryozoan
Amathia gracilis
- zooids under microscope 2

Ctenostome bryozoan
Amathia gracilis
- habitat / location 1

Specimens above found in a sieved sample of sediment, in the south-west corner of Carnsew Pool, a fully saline sluicing pool at Hayle, Cornwall, 24.05.17. Determination arrived at on posting to the Bryozoa Group on Facebook.

Amathia gracilis (Leidy, 1855) syn. Bowerbankia gracilis Leidy, 1855

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.