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.
Orthopyxis caliculata (Hincks, 1853) - A campanulariid hydroid (Hydrozoa images)
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Campanulariid hydroid
Orthopyxis caliculata
- gonothecae on red algae 1
Orthopyxis caliculata
- gonothecae on red algae 1
Campanulariid hydroid
Orthopyxis caliculata
- gonothecae on red algae 2
Campanulariid hydroid
Orthopyxis caliculata
- gonothecae on red algae 3
Campanulariid hydroid
Orthopyxis caliculata
- gonothecae on red algae 4
Campanulariid hydroid
Orthopyxis caliculata
- gonotheca 1
A small species of hydroid found attached to red algae on the lowershore at Battery Rocks, Penzance, Cornwall. 07.07.15.
The species was kindly identified from images of its gonothecae by the hydrozoa expert Dr. Peter Schuchert.
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.