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
Possibly a small species of Asterocheres on the sponge Aplysilla rosea - An asterocherid copepod
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Copepod
Asterocheres species ?
- on sponge Aplysilla rosea 1

Copepod
Asterocheres species ?
- on sponge Aplysilla rosea 2

Copepod
Asterocheres species ?
- on sponge Aplysilla rosea 3

Copepod
Asterocheres species ?
- on sponge Aplysilla rosea 4

Two specimens of this distinctive species were found on the sponge Aplysilla rosea, under rocks on the lowershore at Little London reef, near Marazion, Cornwall. 28.10.14.

Copepod
Asterocheres species ?
- on sponge Aplysilla rosea / under microscope 1

Possibly a species of Asterocheres found on Aplysilla rosea at Battery Rocks, Penzance, Cornwall, 21.08.17. Species may be unrelated to examples above it.

Asterocheres species sponge Aplysilla rosea Copepod 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.