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.

Scroll down and rollover titles to change screen image or click on title to view image.

Didemnid sea squirt
Didemnum maculosum
- on overhang 1

Didemnid sea squirt
Didemnum maculosum
- on overhang 2

Specimen above was found under an overhang at low water on a low spring tide at Albert Pier reef, Penzance, Cornwall, 02.09.19.

Didemnid sea squirt
Didemnum maculosum
- under rock low spring tide 1

Didemnid sea squirt
Didemnum maculosum
- under rock low spring tide 2

Didemnid sea squirt
Didemnum maculosum
- under rock low spring tide 3

Didemnid sea squirt
Didemnum maculosum
- under rock low spring tide 4

Didemnid sea squirt
Didemnum maculosum
- under rock low spring tide 5

Specimen above found under a rock on the extreme lowershore on the spit in front of Smeaton's Pier, St. Ives, Cornwall, 26.09.14 and 23.10.14.

Didemnid sea squirt
Didemnum maculosum
- under rock / intertidal 1

Didemnid sea squirt
Didemnum maculosum
- under rock / intertidal 2

Specimen above found under a rock on the lowershore at Carnsew Pool, Hayle, Cornwall, 07.04.12.

Didemnid sea squirt
Didemnum maculosum
- under rock / intertidal 3

Specimen above found under a rock on the lowershore at Wherry Rocks, Penzance, Cornwall, 06.04.12.

Didemnid sea squirt
Didemnum maculosum
- under rock / intertidal 4

Didemnid sea squirt
Didemnum maculosum
- under rock / intertidal 5

Didemnid sea squirt
Didemnum maculosum
- under rock / intertidal 6

Specimens above found under a rock on the lowershore at Spit Point, Par, nr. St. Austell, Cornwall, 05.03.10.

Didemnid sea squirt
Didemnum maculosum
- close-up 1

Didemnid sea squirt
Didemnum maculosum
- close-up 2

Didemnid sea squirt
Didemnum maculosum
- on lowershore overhang 1

Didemnid sea squirt
Didemnum maculosum
- on lowershore overhang 2

Didemnid sea squirt
Didemnum maculosum
- on lowershore overhang 3

Didemnid sea squirt
Didemnum maculosum
- habitat / location 1

Specimen above found on a north facing overhang on the lowershore at Challaborough, South Devon, 26.09.15 and 30.09.15.

Didemnid sea squirt
Didemnum maculosum
- on Laminaria holdfast 1

Didemnid sea squirt
Didemnum maculosum
- on Laminaria holdfast 2

Didemnid sea squirt
Didemnum maculosum
- on Laminaria holdfast 3

Didemnid sea squirt
Didemnum maculosum
- on Laminaria holdfast 4

Specimen above washed-up on a Laminaria holdfast at Long Rock, near Penzance, Cornwall, 27.10.11.

Didemnid sea squirt
Didemnum maculosum
- on granite mooring block 1

Specimens above taken on granite mooring blocks at Mylor Marina, Mylor Churchtown, near Penryn, Cornwall, 28.10.10.

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.