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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Enchytraeid oligochaete
Lumbricillus species
- worm 1

Enchytraeid oligochaete
Lumbricillus species
- worm 2

Enchytraeid oligochaete
Lumbricillus species
- worm anterior 1

Enchytraeid oligochaete
Lumbricillus species
- lateral anterior / microscope 1

Enchytraeid oligochaete
Lumbricillus species
- lateral view anterior head under microscope 1

Enchytraeid oligochaete
Lumbricillus species
- with 0.1mm division rule 1

Enchytraeid oligochaete
Lumbricillus species
- lateral view posterior / tail under microscope 1

Enchytraeid oligochaete
Lumbricillus species
- setae / microscope 1

Enchytraeid oligochaete
Lumbricillus species
- setae (phase contrast) under microscope 1

Enchytraeid oligochaete
Lumbricillus species
- habitat 1

Species is abundant on decomposing organic debris, and and in algal mats formed at the edge of the saltmarsh at the east end Copperhouse Pool, Hayle, Cornwall. 18.08.16.

If life and under the microscope the worms appear a greyish-white colour.

Many thanks to Ton Van Haaren, Christer Erséus and Rüdiger M. Schmelz for their help in determining the genus. Enchytraeid oligochaetes being notoriously difficult to identify without microscopic identification by an expert in the subject.

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.