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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Nicothoid copepod
Sphaeronella danica ?
- female parasite removed from host amphipod Monocorophium acherusicum 1

Nicothoid copepod
Sphaeronella danica ?
- female parasite removed from host amphipod Monocorophium acherusicum 2

Nicothoid copepod
Sphaeronella danica ?
- female parasite with host Monocorophium acherusicum 1

Nicothoid copepod
Sphaeronella danica ?
- female parasite with host Monocorophium acherusicum 2

Nicothoid copepod
Sphaeronella danica ?
- female parasite with host Monocorophium acherusicum 3

Nicothoid copepod
Sphaeronella danica ?
- on host amphipod Monocorophium acherusicum 1

Nicothoid copepod
Sphaeronella danica ?
- on host amphipod Monocorophium acherusicum 2

Nicothoid copepod
Sphaeronella danica ?
- on host amphipod Monocorophium acherusicum 3

Nicothoid copepod
Sphaeronella danica ?
- female parasite with host with 0.1mm division rule 1

Nicothoid copepod
Sphaeronella danica ?
- female parasite with 0.1mm division rule 1

Nicothoid copepod
Sphaeronella danica ?
- female parasite / microscope / with 0.1mm division rule 1

Nicothoid copepod
Sphaeronella danica ?
- female parasite / microscope / with 0.1mm division rule 2

Nicothoid copepod
Sphaeronella danica ?
- head region of female under microscope 1

Nicothoid copepod
Sphaeronella danica ?
- head region of female under microscope 2

Nicothoid copepod
Sphaeronella danica ?
- head region of female under microscope 3

Nicothoid copepod
Sphaeronella danica ?
- second leg ? of female under microscope 1

Nicothoid copepod
Sphaeronella danica ?
- caudal rami of female under microscope 1

Nicothoid copepod
Sphaeronella danica ?
- habitat / location of host 1

The parasite Sphaeronella danica? was found in the marsupium (egg pouch) of female specimens of the corophiid amphipod Monocorophium acherusicum. collected from the pontoon at Saltash Green, Saltash, Cornwall, 14.10.22.

The sample containing the amphipods consisted of scrapings from the submerged outer section of a car tyre being used as a fender on the pontoon mentioned above. The hydroid Ectopleura larynx formed the largest part of the sample, along with other smaller hydroids and a few non-native and native tunicates / sea squirts.

Thanks to Natalia L. Demchenko and Ton Van Haaren for their advice.

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.