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
Apomatus species either A. globifer or A. similis - A tube worm (Marine worm images)
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Tube worm
Apomatus globifer or similis
- worm anterior / crown 1

Tube worm
Apomatus globifer or similis
- worm anterior / crown 2

Tube worm
Apomatus globifer or similis
- crown of radioles 1

Tube worm
Apomatus globifer or similis
- opercular ampulla 1

Tube worm
Apomatus globifer or similis
- with 0.1mm division rule 1

Tube worm
Apomatus globifer or similis
- worm tube 1

Tube worm
Apomatus globifer or similis
- worm tube 2

Tube worm
Apomatus globifer or similis
- tentacular eye pairs 1

Tube worm
Apomatus globifer or similis
- opercular ampulla 2

Tube worm
Apomatus globifer or similis
- opercular ampulla 3

Tube worm
Apomatus globifer or similis
- habitat / cut sections of plastic creel collar for examination 1

Tube worm
Apomatus globifer or similis
- plastic collar of lobster creel 1

Specimen above found on the plastic collar of a lobster pot / creel, that washed-up at low tide at Sennen Cove, Cornwall, 18.01.18. The plastic creel collar shown above is not the one that was examined here. The one found had not had a chance to dry out on the shore, it had over 70 species on it.

A big thank you to Dr. Andrew Mackie, but especially to Harry ten Hove for identifying the species here.

Apomatus globifer or A. similis tube worm tubeworm Marine 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.