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.

Platynereis dumerilii (Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1834) - A nereid worm (Marine worm images).

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Nereid worm
Platynereis dumerilii
- dorsal view head with pharynx exerted 1

Nereid worm
Platynereis dumerilii
- dorsal view head with pharynx exerted 2

Nereid worm
Platynereis dumerilii
- pharynx / microscope 1

Specimen above found in fouling at Newlyn Marina, Newlyn, Cornwall, 19.07.17.

Nereid worm
Platynereis dumerilii
- dorsal view in-situ 1

Nereid worm
Platynereis dumerilii
- anterior lateral view 1

Specimen above found in a sample of old large Perforate barnacles, removed from the side of a slipway in Newlyn Harbour, Newlyn, Cornwall. 25.01.15.

Nereid worm
Platynereis dumerilii
- dorsal view worm 1

Nereid worm
Platynereis dumerilii
- dorsal view worm 2

Nereid worm
Platynereis dumerilii
- dorsal view anterior 1

Nereid worm
Platynereis dumerilii
- dorsal view anterior 2

Nereid worm
Platynereis dumerilii
- dorsal view tentacles and pharynx exerted / microscope 1

Nereid worm
Platynereis dumerilii
- dorsal view pharynx under microscope 1

Nereid worm
Platynereis dumerilii
- ventral view pharynx under microscope 1

Nereid worm
Platynereis dumerilii
- mandible / microscope 1

The specimen above was found in a small sample of algae at Marra Pool, Mount Batten, Plymouth, Devon, 07.06.22.

Nereid worm
Platynereis dumerilii
- dorsal view worm 3

Nereid worm
Platynereis dumerilii
- dorsal view worm 4

Nereid worm
Platynereis dumerilii
- dorsal view worm 5

Nereid worm
Platynereis dumerilii
- tentacles 1

Nereid worm
Platynereis dumerilii
- dorsal view head 1

Nereid worm
Platynereis dumerilii
- dorsal view head 2

Specimen above found under a stone on the lowershore at Lariggan Rocks, Wherry Town, Penzance, Cornwall. 11.10.14.

Nereid worm
Platynereis dumerilii
- dorsal view anterior 3

Nereid worm
Platynereis dumerilii
- dorsal view anterior 4

Nereid worm
Platynereis dumerilii
- dorsal view head 3

Specimen above found in a mucus tube attached to a Laminaria holdfast on a pontoon at Newlyn Marina, Newlyn, Cornwall. 07.11.14.

Nereidid worm
Platynereis dumerilii
- dorsal view anterior 3

Nereidid worm
Platynereis dumerilii
- dorsal view worm 6

Nereidid worm
Platynereis dumerilii
- dorsal view worm 7

Specimen found amongst algae on side of pontoon at Newlyn Marina, Newlyn, Cornwall. 17.03.15.

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.