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
Copepod - Pelagic diatom feeder on feathers and flotsam (Copepod images)
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Pelagic copepod?
Species unknown -1
- close-up of specimen found on French fishing float 1

Pelagic copepod?
Species unknown -1
- close-up of specimen found on French fishing float 2

Pelagic copepod?
Species unknown -1
- French fishing float 1

Numerous specimens were found with diatoms tha were coating the cane of a French fishing float that had washed up on the strandline at Chimney Rocks, Penzance, Cornwall, 15.04.18.

Pelagic copepod?
Species unknown -1
- from a washed-up feather 1

Pelagic copepod?
Species unknown -1
- on a washed-up feather 1

Pelagic copepod?
Species unknown -1
- on a washed-up feather 2

Pelagic copepod?
Species unknown -1
- on a washed-up feather 3

Pelagic copepod?
Species unknown -1
- on a washed-up feather 4

Specimens above were found on a feather found washed up at Sennen Cove, West Cornwall. 07.11.12. The reason the feather was initially collected was that it had obviously been at sea for some time, and it had an orange hue about it and so needed to be studied under a microscope.

Pelagic sea louse possible diatom feeder on feathers and flotsam Copepod 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.