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.
Phascolosoma (Phascolosoma) granulatum Leuckart, 1828 - A Peanut worm (2) - juvenile
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Peanut or Sipunculan worm
Phascolosoma (Phascolosoma) granulatum
- juvenile 1
Phascolosoma (Phascolosoma) granulatum
- juvenile 1
Peanut or Sipunculan worm
Phascolosoma (Phascolosoma) granulatum
- juvenile 2
Peanut or Sipunculan worm
Phascolosoma (Phascolosoma) granulatum
- juvenile 3
Peanut or Sipunculan worm
Phascolosoma (Phascolosoma) granulatum
- juvenile 4
Peanut or Sipunculan worm
Phascolosoma (Phascolosoma) granulatum
- with 1.0mm division rule 1
Peanut or Sipunculan worm
Phascolosoma (Phascolosoma) granulatum
- juvenile in lid 1
Peanut or Sipunculan worm
Phascolosoma (Phascolosoma) granulatum
- in-situ on buoy 1
Peanut or Sipunculan worm
Phascolosoma (Phascolosoma) granulatum
- in-situ on buoy 2
Peanut or Sipunculan worm
Phascolosoma (Phascolosoma) granulatum
- posterior close-up 1
Peanut or Sipunculan worm
Phascolosoma (Phascolosoma) granulatum
- tentacles 1
Peanut or Sipunculan worm
Phascolosoma (Phascolosoma) granulatum
- tentacles 2
Peanut or Sipunculan worm
Phascolosoma (Phascolosoma) granulatum
- tentacles 3
Peanut or Sipunculan worm
Phascolosoma (Phascolosoma) granulatum
- rows of hooks 1
Peanut or Sipunculan worm
Phascolosoma (Phascolosoma) granulatum
- rows of hooks 2
Three live juvenile specimens were found in crevices on an old Goose barnacle covered fishing buoy found with seven Columbus crabs, Planes minutus, at Top Tieb, Marazion, Cornwall. 26.12.15.
How Phascolosoma (Phascolosoma) granulatum entered the buoy is anyones guess but larval settlement is extremely probable, and this might have happened in Irish waters before making landfall in Cornwall.
Sipunculans are extremely difficult to identify, and almost impossible to identify using external characteristics alone. The siphunculan species here was identified by dissection, by Dr. Paul Gainey. It was keyed out using the worms internal and external features. This was very necessary because there are very few records of this species in England; the species mainly being recorded from the West Coast of Scotland and Ireland.
APHOTOMARINE supports open source data recording and sharing for the benefit of wildlife, recorders, research, science and education. The project recommends the following websites and works with the following bodies and organisations.
The Marine Biological Association or MBA, based in Plymouth, is one of the world’s longest-running societies dedicated to promoting research into our oceans and the life they support. Since 1884 the MBA has been providing a unified, clear, independent voice on behalf of the marine biological community.It has a growing membership in over 40 countries.
The National Biodiversity Network or NBN is a charity that supports open source data sharing and recording supporting conservation, science and education. "Why do recorders need open source?". Simply because it supports the core values of wildlife recording and the free use of records and data over a very wide network that includes partners like the Natural History Museum.
The taxonomy used here is based on that of the following database, which is also used by the MBA, NHM and the NBN.
The World Register of Marine Species or WoRMS.
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.