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.

A-P-H-O-T-O Wildlife Stock Image Library
Dactylopusioides macrolabris (Claus, 1866) - Harpacticoid copepod mining Dictyota dichotoma
Scroll down and rollover titles to change screen image or click on title to view image.
Harpacticoid copepod
Dactylopusioides macrolabris
- mining Dictyota dichotoma / microscope / phase contrast 1

Harpacticoid copepod
Dactylopusioides macrolabris
- mining Dictyota dichotoma / microscope 1

Harpacticoid copepod
Dactylopusioides macrolabris
- with 0.1mm division rule 1

Harpacticoid copepod
Dactylopusioides macrolabris
- photograph on black acryllic 1

Harpacticoid copepod
Dactylopusioides macrolabris
- photograph on black acryllic 2

Harpacticoid copepod
Dactylopusioides macrolabris
- copepod mines on Dictyota dichotoma 1

Harpacticoid copepod
Dactylopusioides macrolabris
- pieces of algae with copepod mines / 1.0mm division rule 1

Harpacticoid copepod
Dactylopusioides macrolabris
- habitat 1

Harpacticoid copepod
Dactylopusioides macrolabris
- location 1

Specimens above were found on numerous fronds of Dictyota dichotoma whilst sampling algae at Chyandour Rocks, Penzance, Cornwall. 25.08.18.

Harpacticoid copepod
Dactylopusioides macrolabris
- damage to Dictyota frond 1

Harpacticoid copepod
Dactylopusioides macrolabris
- droppings left by copepod in mined area of Dictyota dichotoma frond 1

Mining damage to the brown alga Dictyota dichotoma, later found to be caused by the copepod Dactylopusioides macrolabris found at Battery Rocks, Penzance, Cornwall. 07.10.17.

Identification of Dactylopusioides macrolabris is based on a paper entitled Harpacticoid copepods – their symbiotic associations and biogenic substrata: a review by Rony Huys. Zootaxa 4174 (1): p.468.

Dactylopusioides macrolabris Harpacticoid copepod mining brown seaweed Dictyota dichotoma Copepoda Images
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.