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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Acoela flatworm
Convoluta convoluta
- dorsal view 1

Acoela flatworm
Convoluta convoluta
- dorsal view 2

Acoela flatworm
Convoluta convoluta
- dorsal view 3

Acoela flatworm
Convoluta convoluta
- dorsal view 4

Acoela flatworm
Convoluta convoluta
- ventral view 1

Specimen above found on Coral weed, Corallina officinalis, in a lowershore pool, on reef between Gyllyngvase and Swanpool, Falmouth, Cornwall. 20.04.15. Specimen above photographed on a 0.1mm division rule.

Acoela flatworm
Convoluta convoluta
- dorsal view 5

Acoela flatworm
Convoluta convoluta
- dorsal view 6

Acoela flatworm
Convoluta convoluta
- ventral view 2

Specimen above found in a sample of Coral weed, Corallina officinalis, collected from a lowershore pool at Albert Pier reef, Penzance, Cornwall. 17.05.15.

Acoela flatworm
Convoluta convoluta
- numerous specimens in various stages of development 1

Specimens above were found on Corallina officinalis, Coral Weed, in a pool on the lowershore at Sennen Cove, Cornwall, 16.06.15.

This white-lined specimen is treated separately as it was once regarded to be a separate species, Convoluta paradoxa. See, British Marine Turbellaria by F.W. Gamble. QUARTERLY JOURNAL
MICROSCOPICAL SCIENCE, Volume XXXIV, 1893. p.445.

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.