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.

Melinna palmata Grube, 1870 - An Ampharetid worm (Marine worm images).

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Ampharetid worm
Melinna palmata
- worm 1

Ampharetid worm
Melinna palmata
- worm 2

Ampharetid worm
Melinna palmata
- worm tubes 1

Ampharetid worm
Melinna palmata
- worm tubes 2

Images taken during the MBA Batten Bay Bioblitz 2014 at Mount Batten Plymouth, Devon. 12.09.14.

Species was discovered as a result of dredging for specimens at Mount Batten. Hundreds, if not thousands of worm tubes were collected together with a large number of Tower shells, Turritella communis.

Ampharetid worm
Melinna palmata
- worm lateral view 1

Ampharetid worm
Melinna palmata
- lateral view head 1

Ampharetid worm
Melinna palmata
- ventral view head 1

Ampharetid worm
Melinna palmata
- lateral view 1

Ampharetid worm
Melinna palmata
- lateral view 2

Specimen above found in an intertidal sediment sample from Gillian Harbour, Helford, Cornwall. 10.03.15.

Ampharetid worm
Melinna palmata
- lateral view 3

Ampharetid worm
Melinna palmata
- worm tubes 3

Ampharetid worm
Melinna palmata
- worm tubes 4

Specimens above found in sieving mud and sand from the subtidal at Treath, Helford, Cornwall. 08.10.17.

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.