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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Sea gherkin
Pawsonia saxicola
- underwater in rockpool 1

Sea gherkin
Pawsonia saxicola
- underwater in rockpool 2

Sea gherkin
Pawsonia saxicola
- underwater in rockpool 3

Sea gherkin
Pawsonia saxicola
- out of water / under rock 1

Sea gherkin
Pawsonia saxicola
- out of water / under rock 2

Sea gherkin
Pawsonia saxicola
- out of water / under rock 3

Sea gherkin
Pawsonia saxicola
- out of water / under rock 4

Sea gherkin
Pawsonia saxicola
- out of water / under rock 5

A common species, images taken across the south coast of Devon and Cornwall; sites include Batten Beach, Plymouth, Devon; Spit Point, Par and Wherry Rocks, Wherrytown, Penzance, Cornwall.

Sea gherkin
Pawsonia saxicola
- anterior 1

Sea gherkin
Pawsonia saxicola
- plates with 0.1mm division rule

Specimen above collected from under a rock at Chimney Rocks, Penzance, Cornwall, 31.07.15; for the purpose of soaking in bleach to microscopically examine plates.

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.