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.
Order Anthoathecata
--- Suborder Capitata
Family (Candelabridae)
Candelabrum cocksii - A Candelabra Hydroid
Family (Cladonematidae)
Cladonema radiatum - Root-arm Medusa
Family (Corynidae)
Coryne (Sarsia) eximia - A Sea Fir
Family (Porpitidae)
Velella velella - By the Wind Sailor
Order Anthoathecata
--- Suborder Filifera
Family (Hydractiniidae)
Clava multicornis - Club-headed Hydroid
Hydractinia echinata - Snail Fur on Necklace Shell
Order Leptothecata
- -- Suborder Conica
Family (Aequoreidae)
Aequorea species probably A. forskalea
- Crystal Jelly or Many-ribbed Jellyfish
Family (Aglaopheniidae)
Aglaophenia pluma - A Sea Fir
Family (Kirchenpaueriidae)
Kirchenpaueria pinnata - A Sea Fir
Family (Sertulariidae)
Amphisbetia operculata - A Sea Fir
Dynamena pumila - A Sea Fir
Order Leptothecata
--- Suborder Proboscoida
Family (Campanulariidae)
Clytia hemisphaerica ? - A Hydroid
Gonothyraea loveni ? - A Sea Fir
Obelia geniculata - A Sea Fir
In freshwater only -
Hydra viridissima - Hydra
Sea Firs (Hydroids) to Identify
Sea Fans (Anthozoa)
Eunicella verrucosa - Sea Fan
Click on links for more images.
Click here for images of Scyphozoa and Staurozoa
Recommended places to visit to see Hydroids -
Much dependant on species but try rockpools on eastern side of Par Beach and Spit Point Par, Cornwall; Carlyon Beach for shells with snail fur; Plymouth Sound and Tamar Estuaries for Sea Firs; and all coasts after summer and winter storms for mass strandings of Velella.
For images and information about Hydroids visit -
Hydroids (Carol's Cornwall) - images
Hydroids (Marlin) - images and information
European Names - Sea Fans, Facherkollaren, Zeewaaiers, Gorgones vraies, Abanicos de mar, Cnidarians, Nesseltiere, Neteldieren, Cnidaires, Cnidarios, Cnidari.
