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
Copepod on nudibranch Capellinia fustifera syn. Eubranchus doriae - Penzance, 30.07.18 (Copepods)
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Unidentified copepod
Parasitic or commensal ?
- on Eubranchus doriae 1

Unidentified copepod
Parasitic or commensal ?
- on Eubranchus doriae 2

Unidentified copepod
Parasitic or commensal ?
- on Eubranchus doriae 3

Unidentified copepod
Parasitic or commensal ?
- on Eubranchus doriae 4

Unidentified copepod
Parasitic or commensal ?
- copepod under microscope 1

Unidentified copepod
Parasitic or commensal ?
- host Eubranchus doriae 1

The species here is either a parasitic copepod of a nudibranch like Doridicola aff. agilis or Anthessius spp. or is possibly a commensal species that lives with the nudibranch / sea slug host Eubranchus doriae.

The specimen was found on Eubranchus doriae in a small sample of coralline algae scraped from a large pool on the middleshore at Battery Rocks, Penzance, Cornwall, 30.07.18.

Unidentified copepod on nudibranch Capellinia fustifera Eubranchus doriae 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.