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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Tubulariid hydroid
Ectopleura larynx
- close-up 1

Tubulariid hydroid
Ectopleura larynx
- with Procerastea halleziana 1

Tubulariid hydroid
Ectopleura larynx
- with Catriona aurantia 1

Tubulariid hydroid
Ectopleura larynx
- with Catriona aurantia 2

Tubulariid hydroid
Ectopleura larynx
- with amphipod Stenothoe sp.

Specimens with associated fauna, syllid worm Procerastea halleziana, nudibranch Catriona aurantia and Stenothoe sp. amphipod, material from pontoons at Newlyn Marina, Newlyn, Cornwall. 20.05.16 and 07.08.20.

Tubulariid hydroid
Ectopleura larynx
- on Saccharina latissima 1

Tubulariid hydroid
Ectopleura larynx
- on Saccharina latissima 2

Tubulariid hydroid
Ectopleura larynx
- lateral view polyp 1

Tubulariid hydroid
Ectopleura larynx
- sporosac with developing actinula, left of middle 1

Tubulariid hydroid
Ectopleura larynx
- newly hatched actinula 1

Tubulariid hydroid
Ectopleura larynx
- outer, aboral tentacles 1

Tubulariid hydroid
Ectopleura larynx
- inner, oral whorl of tentacles 1

Tubulariid hydroid
Ectopleura larynx
- measuring stem width with 0.1mm division rule 1

Tubulariid hydroid
Ectopleura larynx
- measuring height with 1.0mm division rule 1

Tubulariid hydroid
Ectopleura larynx
- sporosac with emerging actinula under microscope 1

Tubulariid hydroid
Ectopleura larynx
- female gonophores with tentacle-like processes / microscope 1

Tubulariid hydroid
Ectopleura larynx
- female gonophores with tentacle-like processes / microscope 2

Tubulariid hydroid
Ectopleura larynx
- oral tentacles, mouth dissected for counting 1

Tubulariid hydroid
Ectopleura larynx
- developing actinula on algae under base of colony 1

Tubulariid hydroid
Ectopleura larynx
- habitat / location 1

Specimen above was found on a blade of on Sugar Kelp, Saccharina latissima, on a pontoon at Newlyn Marina, Newlyn, Cornwall. 07.10.20.

Tubulariid hydroid
Ectopleura larynx
- under a rock in a middleshore rockpool 1

Tubulariid hydroid
Ectopleura larynx
- under a rock in a middleshore rockpool 2

Tubulariid hydroid
Ectopleura larynx
- side view polyps 1

Tubulariid hydroid
Ectopleura larynx
- side view polyp close-up 1

Specimen above found under a granite rock in a middleshore rockpool at Sennen Cove, Penwith, Cornwall. 19.09.12.

Tubulariid hydroid
Ectopleura larynx
- lateral view polyps 1

Tubulariid hydroid
Ectopleura larynx
- polyps close-up 1

Tubulariid hydroid
Ectopleura larynx
- emerged actinula under microscope 1

Tubulariid hydroid
Ectopleura larynx
- emerging actinula under microscope 1

Specimen above found on a pontoon at Newlyn Marina, Newlyn, Cornwall. 25.08.15.

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.