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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Rough side-gilled sea-slug
Pleurobranchus membranaceus
- out of water / on shore 1

Species found on algae on the lowershore at Hannafore Point, near Looe, Cornwall, 03.03.06.

Rough side-gilled sea-slug
Pleurobranchus membranaceus
- in collection tray 1

Rough side-gilled sea-slug
Pleurobranchus membranaceus
- in collection tray 2

Specimen above was found by a diver at the Marine Biological Association's Bioblitz Event 2011 at Barn Pool, Mount Edgcumbe Country Park, Cremyll, Cornwall. 01.10.11.

Rough side-gilled sea-slug
Pleurobranchus membranaceus
- dorsal view juvenile 1

Rough side-gilled sea-slug
Pleurobranchus membranaceus
- dorsal view juvenile 2

Rough side-gilled sea-slug
Pleurobranchus membranaceus
- dorsal view head juvenile 1

Rough side-gilled sea-slug
Pleurobranchus membranaceus
- tubercule of juvenile 1

Rough side-gilled sea-slug
Pleurobranchus membranaceus
- chromatophores on dorsal surface of foot 1

The juvenile specimen above was found on washing large brown algae at Newlyn Marina, Newlyn, Cornwall, 20.12.17.

Rough side-gilled sea-slug
Pleurobranchus membranaceus
- interior shell top view 1

Rough side-gilled sea-slug
Pleurobranchus membranaceus
- interior shell underside 1

Shell above, from the collection of the late Stella Turk, photographed 12.06.12.

APHOTOMARINE supports open source data recording and sharing for the benefit of wildlife, recorders, research, science and education. The project recommends the following websites and works with the following bodies and organisations.

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.