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.

A-P-H-O-T-O Wildlife Stock Image Library
Unidentified or new prolecithophoran - similar looking to the mollusc genus Rhodope (Marine flatworms)
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Marine flatworm
Unidentified or new species
of prolecithophoran, white with
orange stripe
- dorsal view 1

Marine flatworm
Unidentified or new species
of prolecithophoran, white with
orange stripe
- dorsal view 2

Marine flatworm
Unidentified or new species
of prolecithophoran, white with
orange stripe
- dorsal view 3

Marine flatworm
Unidentified or new species
of prolecithophoran, white with
orange stripe
- lateral view 1

Marine flatworm
Unidentified or new species
of prolecithophoran, white with
orange stripe
- ventral view 1

Marine flatworm
Unidentified or new species
of prolecithophoran, white with
orange stripe
- dorsal view anterior 1

Marine flatworm
Unidentified or new species
of prolecithophoran, white with
orange stripe
- dorsal view anterior 2

Marine flatworm
Unidentified or new species
of prolecithophoran, white with
orange stripe
- with 0.1mm division rule 1

Marine flatworm
Unidentified or new species
of prolecithophoran, white with
orange stripe
- underwater on sediment covered rock 1

Marine flatworm
Unidentified or new species
of prolecithophoran, white with
orange stripe
- location / Albert Pier reef 1

The 4.5mm long specimen above found in a sample of sediment from rock washing on an extreme low water spring at Albert Pier reef, Penzance, Cornwall. 08.05.20.

Marine flatworm
Unidentified or new species
of prolecithophoran, white with
orange stripe
- dorsal view 4

Marine flatworm
Unidentified or new species
of prolecithophoran, white with
orange stripe
- dorsal view 5

Marine flatworm
Unidentified or new species
of prolecithophoran, white with
orange stripe
- dorsal view 6

Marine flatworm
Unidentified or new species
of prolecithophoran, white with
orange stripe
- dorsal view 7

Marine flatworm
Unidentified or new species
of prolecithophoran, white with
orange stripe
- lateral view 2

Specimen found in a small sample of coralline algae taken from the extreme lowershore east of the causeway for St. Michael's Mount, Cornwall. 21.03.15.

The sample was a mix of Mesophyllum, Corallina and Jania, which was found growing on a gently sloping sand covered (10mm) bedrock beside a small pool.

Specimen was sent to Germany for DNA sequencing as it was thought to be a member of the molluscan genus Rhodope. However, on closer study it was found to be a flatworm.

Rhodope look very similar to flatworms, and indeed Rhodope were once considered to be flatworms until they were discovered to belong to the mollusca.

Here I must thank Prof. Gerhard Haszprunar, Dr. Michael Schrödl and Bastian Brenzinger of the Zoologische Staatssammlung München for trying to help identify the species. Sadly this time the species wasn't a Rhodope.

Unidentified or new prolecithophoran similar looking to the mollusc genus Rhodope orange striped marine flatworm Images
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.