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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Sabellid worm
Branchiomma bombyx
- worm 1

Sabellid worm
Branchiomma bombyx
- worm 2

Sabellid worm
Branchiomma bombyx
- worm 3

Sabellid worm
Branchiomma bombyx
- radiole tips 1

Sabellid worm
Branchiomma bombyx
- radiole tips 2

Sabellid worm
Branchiomma bombyx
- radioles fully extended 1

Sabellid worm
Branchiomma bombyx
- radioles fully extended 2

Sabellid worm
Branchiomma bombyx
- worm emerging from tube 1

Specimen above was found in an algal / hydroid sample taken from pontoons at Newlyn Marina, Newlyn, Cornwall. 16.10.14 and 02.08.15.

Sabellid worm
Branchiomma bombyx
- with purplish radioles 1

Sabellid worm
Branchiomma bombyx
- with purplish radioles 2

Sabellid worm
Branchiomma bombyx
- with purplish radioles 3

Sabellid worm
Branchiomma bombyx
- radioles 1

Sabellid worm
Branchiomma bombyx
- radioles 2

Sabellid worm
Branchiomma bombyx
- posterior 1

Specimens including the one above were found on a reef in shallow water beyond the extreme low water mark, at Albert Pier Reef, Penzance, Cornwall. 07.06.16.

Sabellid worm
Branchiomma bombyx
- juvenile 1

Sabellid worm
Branchiomma bombyx
- juvenile 2

Sabellid worm
Branchiomma bombyx
- juvenile 3

Sabellid worm
Branchiomma bombyx
- radioles of juvenile 1

Sabellid worm
Branchiomma bombyx
- smaller juvenile 1

Sabellid worm
Branchiomma bombyx
- worm emerging from tube 2

Sabellid worm
Branchiomma bombyx
- worm emerging from tube 3

Specimens above found in an algal / hydroid sample taken from pontoons at Newlyn Marina, Newlyn, Cornwall. 02.10.14 and 03.12.14.

Sabellid worm
Branchiomma bombyx
- under rock / lowershore 1

Specimen above found under a rock on on the lowest part of the shore on a extra low water spring tide at Wherry Rocks, Penzance, Cornwall, 01.09.11.

Sabellid worm
Branchiomma bombyx
- with fouling on inkwell pot 1

Specimen above found with fouling organisms on an inkwell crab / lobster pot that was washed-up at , Long Rock Station, near Marazion, Cornwall. 07.01.14.

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.