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
Plagiostomum vittatum (Frey & Leuckart, 1847) - A Plagiostomid flatworm (Marine flatworm images)
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Plagiostomid flatworm
Plagiostomum vittatum
- dorsal view 1

Plagiostomid flatworm
Plagiostomum vittatum
- dorsal view 2

Specimen above found after washing a plant of permanently submerged Saw wrack, Fucus serratus, in seawater; at Carnsew Pool, Hayle, Cornwall. 19.07.15.

Plagiostomid flatworm
Plagiostomum vittatum
- dorsal view 3

Plagiostomid flatworm
Plagiostomum vittatum
- dorsal view 4

Plagiostomid flatworm
Plagiostomum vittatum
- with 0.1mm division rule 1

Plagiostomid flatworm
Plagiostomum vittatum
- with 0.1mm division rule 2

Plagiostomid flatworm
Plagiostomum vittatum
- ventral view? 1

Plagiostomid flatworm
Plagiostomum vittatum
- microscope image 1

Plagiostomid flatworm
Plagiostomum vittatum
- microscope image 2

Plagiostomid flatworm
Plagiostomum vittatum
- microscope image 3

Specimen above found on the lowershore in scraping samples from the concrete support of the slipway in the SW corner of Newlyn Harbour, Newlyn, Cornwall. 06.06.15.

Plagiostomid flatworm
Plagiostomum vittatum
- dorsal view 3

Plagiostomid flatworm
Plagiostomum vittatum
- dorsal view 4

Plagiostomid flatworm
Plagiostomum vittatum
- dorsal view 5

A very small flatworm species found on sampling hydroid covered algae, mainly Chondrus crispus, in pools on the lowershore at Chyandour Rocks, Penzance, Cornwall. 01.06.14. SW4799530882. Species also found at Premier Marina, Falmouth, Cornwall. 07.05.15.

Plagiostomum vittatum Plagiostomid Plagiostomidae Marine Flatworm 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.