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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Fanworm
Acromegalomma vesiculosum
syn. Megalomma vesiculosum
- worm in-situ 1

Fanworm
Acromegalomma vesiculosum
syn. Megalomma vesiculosum
- worms in-situ 1

Fanworm
Acromegalomma vesiculosum
syn. Megalomma vesiculosum
- worm extracted from tube 1

Fanworm
Acromegalomma vesiculosum
syn. Megalomma vesiculosum
- anterior ventral view 1

Fanworm
Acromegalomma vesiculosum
syn. Megalomma vesiculosum
- anterior dorsal view 1

Fanworm
Acromegalomma vesiculosum
syn. Megalomma vesiculosum
- anterior lateral view 1

Fanworm
Acromegalomma vesiculosum
syn. Megalomma vesiculosum
- thoracic uncini 1

Fanworm
Acromegalomma vesiculosum
syn. Megalomma vesiculosum
- radiole with eye 1

Fanworm
Acromegalomma vesiculosum
syn. Megalomma vesiculosum
- lateral view of eye 1

Fanworm
Acromegalomma vesiculosum
syn. Megalomma vesiculosum
- habitat / location 1

Specimens above found growing in crevices between rock in shallow pools on the uppershore at Gyllyngvase Beach, Falmouth, Cornwall, 17.12.16. Numerous specimens were observed.

Fanworm
Acromegalomma vesiculosum
syn. Megalomma vesiculosum
- worm / fan 1

Fanworm
Acromegalomma vesiculosum
syn. Megalomma vesiculosum
- worm / fan / close-up 1

Fanworm
Acromegalomma vesiculosum
syn. Megalomma vesiculosum
- worm / amongst eelgrass 1

Fanworm
Acromegalomma vesiculosum
syn. Megalomma vesiculosum
- worm / amongst eelgrass 2

Fanworm
Acromegalomma vesiculosum
syn. Megalomma vesiculosum
- worm tube 2

Fanworm
Acromegalomma vesiculosum
syn. Megalomma vesiculosum
- worm tube 3

Fanworm
Acromegalomma vesiculosum
syn. Megalomma vesiculosum
- worm close-up 1

Fanworm
Acromegalomma vesiculosum
syn. Megalomma vesiculosum
- worm opening 1

Fanworm
Acromegalomma vesiculosum
syn. Megalomma vesiculosum
- worm 1

Fanworm
Acromegalomma vesiculosum
syn. Megalomma vesiculosum
- worm tube 4

Image of species taken on the lowershore at Marazion, near Penzance, Cornwall. 10.03.12; also found on the Eelgrass bed at Long Rock, Cornwall. 12.07.14. 50.124873° N 5.501673° W.

Fanworm
Acromegalomma vesiculosum
syn. Megalomma vesiculosum
- anterior ventral view 2

Fanworm
Acromegalomma vesiculosum
syn. Megalomma vesiculosum
- anterior lateral view 2

Fanworm
Acromegalomma vesiculosum
syn. Megalomma vesiculosum
- anterior dorsal view 2

Fanworm
Acromegalomma vesiculosum
syn. Megalomma vesiculosum
- emerging worm 1

Fanworm
Acromegalomma vesiculosum
syn. Megalomma vesiculosum
- emerging worm 2

Fanworm
Acromegalomma vesiculosum
syn. Megalomma vesiculosum
- emerging worm 3

Fanworm
Acromegalomma vesiculosum
syn. Megalomma vesiculosum
- worm fully open 1

Specimen above found on the lowershore at Gillian Harbour, St. Anthony-in-Meneage, near Helford, Cornwall. 07.03.15.

Taxonomic citation: Read, G. (2017). Acromegalomma vesiculosum (Montagu, 1813). In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2017). World Polychaeta database.

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.