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
Ophioseides cardiocephalus Hesse, 1864 - A notodelphyid copepod (Copepod images)
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Notodelphyid copepod
Ophioseides cardiocephalus
- well developed female 1

Notodelphyid copepod
Ophioseides cardiocephalus
- close-up of well developed female specimen 1

Notodelphyid copepod
Ophioseides cardiocephalus
- three female specimens 1

Notodelphyid copepod
Ophioseides cardiocephalus
- female specimen 1

Notodelphyid copepod
Ophioseides cardiocephalus
- female anterior 1

Notodelphyid copepod
Ophioseides cardiocephalus
- female anterior 2

Notodelphyid copepod
Ophioseides cardiocephalus
- female specimen 2

Notodelphyid copepod
Ophioseides cardiocephalus
- with 0.1mm division rule 1

Notodelphyid copepod
Ophioseides cardiocephalus
- female anterior / microscope 1

Notodelphyid copepod
Ophioseides cardiocephalus
- female anterior / microscope 2

Notodelphyid copepod
Ophioseides cardiocephalus
- habitat / location 1

Notodelphyid copepod
Ophioseides cardiocephalus
- habitat / location 2

Numerous female specimens were found in the Baked Bean Sea Squirt, Dendrodoa grossularia at Marra Pool, Mount Batten, Plymouth, Devon, 02.02.2022.

This species is endoparasitic on a number of sea squirt / tunicate species, the species was found in Dendrodoa grossularia with another endoparasitic copepod, Enteropsis roscoffensis.

Specimen here is yet to be validated as it needs to be re-described.

Ophioseides cardiocephalus Hesse, 1864 syn. Ophioseide cardiacephalus Gerstaecker, 1871. Ref. WoRMS.

Ophioseides cardiocephalus notodelphyid copepod endoparasite endoparasitic parasite of sea squirts tunicates 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.