MarLIN Gallery

Segmented worms, e.g. ragworms, tubeworms & fanworms (Annelida) gallery

Rock covered entirely with tubes of Sabellaria alveolata. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Three Sabella pavonina with tentacles fanned out. Copyright Sue Daly	Group of individuals on seaweed. Copyright Sue Daly	Line drawing of Alkmaria romijni. Copyright
Line drawing of Armandia cirrhosa. Copyright	Sabellaria alveolata removed from tubes. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Sabellaria spinulosa tubes. Copyright Joint Nature Conservation Committee	Spiral fan worm Bispira volutacornis on rock covered by Dendrodoa grossularia. Copyright Keith Hiscock
Sabellaria alveolata larva about seven and a half weeks old. Dorsal view. Copyright Wilson, 1929-30	Ventral view of early bottom stage of Sabellaria alveolata Linnaeus. Age just over seven weeks after fertilization. Copyright Wilson, 1929-30	Sabellaria spinulosa larva about two months old. Dorsal view. Copyright Wilson, 1929-30	Mucus and first sandy tube of early bottom stage of Sabellaria alveolata Linnaeus (x39). Copyright Wilson, 1929-30
Early bottom stage of Sabellaria spinulosa Leuckart. Copyright Wilson, 1929-30	Ventral view of Aphrodita aculeata. Copyright Sue Scott	Individual removed from soft mud. Copyright Dennis R. Seaward	Individuals removed from soft mud. Copyright Dennis R. Seaward
Lanice conchilega bed. Copyright Sue Scott	Lanice conchilega, sand mason worm. Copyright Sue Scott	A colony of Serpula vermicularis forming a small reef, Loch Creran, an SAC on the west coast of Scotland. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Sabellaria spinulosa tubes on scallop shell. Copyright Keith Hiscock
Hediste diversicolor on gravel with a 1 penny coin for scale. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Specimen of Arenicola marina with proboscis everted. Copyright Dr Matt Bentley	Tubes of Chaetopterus variopedatus. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Owenia fusiformis. Copyright Crown copyright
Spiophanes bombyx. Copyright Crown copyright	Specimen of Scoloplos (Scoloplos) armiger. Copyright Dr Inken Kruse	Eulalia viridis. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Cirratulus spp. Copyright National Museum Wales
Megalomma vesiculosum. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Salmacina dysteri at Firestone Bay in Plymouth Sound. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Polydora ciliata with Hymeniacidon perleve Copyright Keith Hiscock	Myxicola infundibulum. Copyright Keith Hiscock
Notomastus latericeus. Copyright Crown copyright	Small colony of the filigree worm. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Carpets of Polydora ciliata boring in limestone rock. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Fanworm in coarse sand Copyright Keith Hiscock
Myxicola spp. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Polydora ciliata. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Tubifex tubifex. Copyright Whirling Disease Foundation	The worm Lagis koreni in sediment. Copyright Keith Hiscock
A paddle worm Phyllodocidae indet. Copyright Paul Naylor	A tube worm Serpula vermicularis. Copyright Paul Naylor	Sublittoral Sabellaria alveolata at Nash Point Copyright Keith Hiscock	Calcareous tubes of keel worms (Pomatoceros species). Copyright Steve Trewhella
Eulalia viridis with spirorbid worms in background. Copyright Steve Trewhella	Aphrodita aculeata. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Aphrodita aculeata on seabed. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Janua pagenstecheri. Copyright Marine Biological Association of the UK
Janua pagenstecheri frontal view of feeding tentacles and operculum. Copyright Marine Biological Association of the UK	Close up of tentacles. Copyright Sue Scott	Chaetozone setosa. Copyright Crown copyright	Sabellaria alveolata reef at Dunraven, Southerndown, south Wales. Copyright Judith Oakley
Close up of tube porches. Copyright Judith Oakley	Small hummock of Sabellaria alveolata at Dunraven, Southerndown, south Wales. Copyright Judith Oakley	Close-up of Ficopomatus enigmaticus encrusting a marina buoy. Copyright Judith Oakley	Ficopomatus enigmaticus growing on a buoy in a marina. Copyright Judith Oakley
Sabellaria alveolata hummocks overlaid with dulse at Sandymouth Bay, north Cornwall. Copyright Steve Trewhella	Ophelia borealis highlighting cone-shaped prostomium. Copyright Crown copyright	Close up of Ophelia limacina. Copyright Crown copyright	Close up of Aphrodita aculeata head. Copyright Crown copyright
Close up of head of Sabellaria spinulosa. Copyright Crown copyright	Electron micrograph of the head of Tubifex tubifex. Copyright Whirling Disease Foundation	Group of Tubifex tubifex worms. Copyright Whirling Disease Foundation	Magelona filiformis highlighting transparent body wall and pale pink gut. Copyright Crown copyright
Sand mason tubes (Lanice conchilega). Copyright Steve Trewhella	Group of dead Aphrodita aculeata washed up on beach, Dungeness. Copyright Steve Trewhella	Spirorbis (Spirorbis) spirorbis on algae. Copyright Steve Trewhella	Eulalia viridis crawling across a Sabellaria alveolata reef. Copyright Judith Oakley
A sand mason worm tube. Copyright Judith Oakley	Arenicola marina burrow entrance. Copyright Judith Oakley	Arenicola marina casts. Copyright Judith Oakley	Arenicola marina casts and burrow entrance. Copyright Judith Oakley
Aphrodita aculeata on seabed at Firestone bay, Plymouth Sound. Copyright Keith Hiscock	The polychaete Ophiodromus flexuosus. Copyright Paul Newland	Spiral fan worm Bispira volutacornis at Firestone Bay in Plymouth Sound. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Bispira volutacornis at Firstone Bay in Plymouth Sound. Copyright Keith Hiscock
Bispira volutacornis at Firestone Bay, Plymouth Sound. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Arenicola marina casts at Mount Batten in Plymouth Sound. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Megolomma vesiculosum on coarse sandy bottom at Carricknath Point on the southwest coast of Cornwall. Copyright Keith Hiscock	A cluster of Myxicola aesthetica withdrawn into they're tubes at Firestone Bay in Plymouth Sound. Copyright Keith Hiscock
Myxicola infundibulum in coarse substrata at Firestone Bay in the Plymouth Sound. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Eggs of Phyllodoce spp. on Chondrus crispus at Bovisand in the Plymouth Sound. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Protula tubularia on the wreck of the Rosehill in Whitsand Bay, Cornwall. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Sabellaria spinulosa tubes on Pecten maximus on the east cooast of Lundy. Copyright Keith Hiscock
Sabella pavonina at Strome Narrows, Lochcarrin in Scotland. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Sabella pavonina at Strome Narrows, Lochcarrin in Scotland. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Sabella pavonina at Strome Narrows, Lochcarrin in Scotland. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Sabella pavonina at Strome Narrows, Lochcarrin in Scotland. Copyright Keith Hiscock
Salmacina dysteri at Firestone Bay in Plymouth Sound. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Salmacina dysteri at Firestone Bay in Plymouth Sound. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Serpula vermicularis colony at Loch Creran, an SAC on the west coast of Scotland. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Serpula vermicularis colony at Loch Creran, an SAC on the west coast of Scotland. Copyright Keith Hiscock
Bispira volutacornis in Lyme Bay, Devon. Copyright Robert Keen	Branchiomma bombyx removed from its tube. Copyright Peter Barfield	Hediste diversicolor at Wembury Point, Devon. Copyright Fiona Crouch	A terebellid polychaete Ampharete grubei showing retractable tentacles. Copyright www.seasurvey.co.uk
Lagis koreni highlighting pink iridescence and golden anterior chaetae. Copyright www.seasurvey.co.uk	Sabellaria alveolata openings. Copyright Peter Barfield	A Sabellaria alveolata mound. Copyright Peter Barfield	Filograna implexa clump. Copyright Hilmar Hinz
Filograna implexa individuals. Copyright Hilmar Hinz	Close up of Filograna implexa individual. Copyright Hilmar Hinz	Close up of Ophelina acuminata in a laboratory. Copyright Hilmar Hinz	Close up of Owenia fusiformis. Copyright Hilmar Hinz
Phyllodoce groenlandica in a laboratory. Copyright Hilmar Hinz	Close up view of Phyllodoce groenlandica. Copyright Hilmar Hinz	Pholoe balthica in a laboratory. Copyright Hilmar Hinz	Scalibregma inflatum in a laboratory. Copyright Hilmar Hinz
Protula tubularia in the Scilly Isles. Copyright Robert Keen	Small clump of Filograna implexa. Copyright Steve Trewhella	Egg of Arenicola marina on a sandy seabed. Copyright Steve Trewhella	Eulalia viridis eggs. Copyright Fiona Crouch
Sabella pavonina at a few metres depth. Copyright Fiona Crouch	Eulalia viridis on a rocky shore. Copyright Judith Oakley	Sabellaria alveolata surround a coastal defence bollard. Copyright Judith Oakley	Hediste diversicolor on the shore with green seaweed - view 1. Copyright Judith Oakley
Hediste diversicolor on the shore with green seaweed - view 2. Copyright Judith Oakley	Pectinaria belgica tube on the shore. Copyright Judith Oakley	Radiating tentacles of Lanice conchilega. Copyright Paul Newland	White tentacles of Lanice conchilega. Copyright Paul Newland
Ejected material from Lanice conchilega. Copyright Paul Newland	Protula tubularia off Mewstone, Plymouth. 28 m depth. Copyright Paul Newland	Pectinaria auricoma tube on a blue background. Copyright Judith Oakley	Broken Pectinaria auricoma tube on a blue background. Copyright Judith Oakley
Green egg sac of Phyllodoce spp at low tide. Copyright Steve Trewhella	Green egg sac of Phyllodoce spp underwater. Copyright Steve Trewhella	Intact conical sediment tube of Lagis koreni. Copyright Leen Vandepitte	Anterior end of Lagis koreni, contained within sediment tube. Copyright Hans Hillewaert
Lagis koreni removed from sediment tube. Copyright M Decleer	Malmgreniella lunulata found intertidally under a stone on a beach. Copyright Nigel Sawyer	Aggregation of Arenicola marina casts at 5m depth. Copyright Paul Newland	Calcareous tubes of two keel worms among several barnacles. Copyright David Fenwick
Calcareous tubes of keel worm found near low water mark. Copyright David Fenwick	Calcareous tubes of keel worm found near low water mark. Copyright David Fenwick	Parchment worm removed from its tube, showing three distinct body regions. Copyright Jack Sewell	Parchment worm removed from its tube, showing ventral surfaces of body. Copyright Jack Sewell
Parchment worm removed from its tube, showing ventral surfaces of body. Copyright Jack Sewell	Spiral fan worm Bispira volutacornis Copyright Steve Trewhella	A section of Sabellaria alveolata reef. Copyright Steve Trewhella	Pomatoceros triqueter tubes encrusting a rock and bryozoan. Copyright Derek Mayes
Pomatoceros triqueter tubes encrusting a rock Copyright Derek Mayes	A number of Bispira volutacornis worms feeding. Copyright Paula Ferris	A lug worm out of the sediment. Copyright Tabitha Pearman	A stranded sea mouse Aphrodita aculeata. Copyright Stephen Chalk
A stranded sea mouse Aphrodita aculeata. Copyright Stephen Chalk	Lanice conchilega on St Martins beach. Copyright Tabitha Pearman	Eupolymnia nebulosa Copyright Steve Trewhella	Bispira volutacornis Copyright Steve Trewhella
Bispira volutacornis Copyright Steve Trewhella	Salmacina dysteri Copyright Steve Trewhella	Lanice conchilega Copyright Steve Trewhella	Pomatoceros triqueter Copyright Steve Trewhella
Myxicola infundibulum Copyright Steve Trewhella	Harmothoe extenuata Copyright Steve Trewhella	Myxicola infundibulum Copyright Paul Newland	Sabella pavonica Copyright Gordon Lang
Spirorbis spirorbis tubes on algae Copyright Derek Mayes	Myrianida pinnigera next to plumose anemone Copyright Dylan Jones

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