APHOTOMARINE
An Educational Photographic Resource and Stock Image Library
of the Sea, Maritime Environment, Marine and Rockpool Life in the
Coastal Waters of South-West England by David Fenwick.
Fecampia erythrocephala Giard, 1886 - Parasitic crab flatworm (Flatworms)
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Parasitic crab flatworm
Fecampia erythrocephala
- cocoon under stone 1
Fecampia erythrocephala
- cocoon under stone 1
Parasitic crab flatworm
Fecampia erythrocephala
- cocoon under stone 2
Parasitic crab flatworm
Fecampia erythrocephala
- cocoon under stone 3
Parasitic crab flatworm
Fecampia erythrocephala
- cocoon under stone 4
Parasitic crab flatworm
Fecampia erythrocephala
- cocoon under stone 5
Parasitic crab flatworm
Fecampia erythrocephala
- cocoon under stone 6
Parasitic crab flatworm
Fecampia erythrocephala
- cocoon under stone 7
Parasitic crab flatworm
Fecampia erythrocephala
- cocoon under stone 8
Parasitic crab flatworm
Fecampia erythrocephala
- cocoon on algae 1
Images of species taken at Spit Point, Par, near St. Austell, Cornwall; on several dates. Also found at Chimney Rocks, Penzance, Cornwall. 08.04.11.
The cocoons of this species are typically found under flat slate rocks on the middleshore. This species is parasitic on the Shore crab, Carcinus maenasma. On the 23.03.11 over twenty cocoons were collected at Spit Point by the author for research purposes.
This species has also, unusually been found at Tavis Vor, Mousehole, Cornwall, 08.05.12; on stalks of the marine algae
Cystoseira tamariscifolia, Rainbow wrack.
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