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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Marine flatworm
Rhodope look-alike -2
- juvenile 0.1mm division rule 1

Marine flatworm
Rhodope look-alike -2
- juvenile 0.1mm division rule 2

Marine flatworm
Rhodope look-alike -2
- dorsal view 1

Marine flatworm
Rhodope look-alike -2
- lateral view 1

Marine flatworm
Rhodope look-alike -2
- ventral view 1

Specimen found in a small sample of coralline algae taken from the extreme lowershore east of the causeway for St. Michael's Mount, Cornwall. 19.04.15. Sample collected close to the site of a similar find on 21.03.15.

The sample was a mix of Mesophyllum, Corallina and sediment, which was collected from the top and sides of a rock situated in a pool on the extreme lowershore, close to low water mark.

Specimen was sent to Germany for DNA sequencing as it was thought to be a member of the molluscan genus Rhodope. However, on closer study it was found to be a flatworm.

Rhodope look very similar to flatworms, and indeed Rhodope were once considered to be flatworms until they were discovered to belong to the mollusca.

Here I have to thank Prof. Gerhard Haszprunar, Dr. Michael Schrödl and Bastian Brenzinger of the Zoologische Staatssammlung München for trying to help identify the species. Sadly this time the species wasn't a Rhodope.

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.