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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Smiling / Nemertine worm
Argonemertes dendyi
- dorsal view 1

Smiling / Nemertine worm
Argonemertes dendyi
- dorsal view 2

Smiling / Nemertine worm
Argonemertes dendyi
- dorsal view 3

Smiling / Nemertine worm
Argonemertes dendyi
- near lateral view 1

Smiling / Nemertine worm
Argonemertes dendyi
- dorsal view 4

Smiling / Nemertine worm
Argonemertes dendyi
- anterior with eye spots 1

Smiling / Nemertine worm
Argonemertes dendyi
- anterior with eye spots 2

Smiling / Nemertine worm
Argonemertes dendyi
- anterior with eye spots 3

Smiling / Nemertine worm
Argonemertes dendyi
- with 0.1mm division rule 1

The specimen above was found in leaf litter at North Cliff Plantation, Tehidy Country Park, near Camborne, Cornwall. 27.11.16.

This specimen fits well with Gibson's description of this species in the Synopses of the British Isles book on British Nemerteans. Other similar looking species occur in Cornwall so care needs to be taken when identifying this species.

The species is morphologically similar to Argonemertes sp. (c.f. A. dendyi), but the latter has a different barcode.

Reported as an introduction to Wales pre. 1937.
Ref: Waterston, A. R., and H. E. Quick, 1937. Geonemertes dendyi Dakin, a land nemertean, in Wales. Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh, 57 : 379-384.

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.