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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Spoon or Echiurid worm
Thalassema thalassemum
- worm 1

Spoon or Echiurid worm
Thalassema thalassemum
- worm 2

Spoon or Echiurid worm
Thalassema thalassemum
- burrowing worm 1

Spoon or Echiurid worm
Thalassema thalassemum
- burrowing worm 2

Spoon or Echiurid worm
Thalassema thalassemum
- burrowing worm 3

Spoon or Echiurid worm
Thalassema thalassemum
- burrowing worm 4

Spoon or Echiurid worm
Thalassema thalassemum
- burrowing worm 5

Spoon or Echiurid worm
Thalassema thalassemum
- worm in water 1

Spoon or Echiurid worm
Thalassema thalassemum
- worm 3

Spoon or Echiurid worm
Thalassema thalassemum
- worm 4

Spoon or Echiurid worm
Thalassema thalassemum
- worm 5

Spoon or Echiurid worm
Thalassema thalassemum
- worm 6

Thalassema thalassemum (Pallas, 1766) is the accepted name for this species, which was once commonly accepted as Thalassema neptuni Gaertner, 1774, and has been labelled here as such before.

Images of species taken at various places across the south coast of Cornwall. Species usually found under stones or in soft rocks on the lowershore. Primary image taken of worm burrowing through degraded Mylor slate at Long Rock, near Penzance, Cornwall. 22.03.11 and 29.09.11; also at Wherry Rocks, Penzance, Cornwall, 16.11.12.

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.