MarLIN Gallery

Images of species and habitats required

MarLIN is presently seeking images of the following species and habitats. If you have images of any of the species or habitats below and would be willing to provide copies to the MarLIN programme please contact Harvey Tyler-Walters (htw@mba.ac.uk) or the MarLIN team on marlinimages@mba.ac.uk 01752 633 336.

Please note that the on-line images are duly acknowledged and copyright remains with yourself at all times.

Required images (updated March 2009).

Sponges	Porifera
Common name	Species name
A sponge	Stelletta grubii
A sponge	Stylostichon dives
A sponge	Tethyspira spinosa

Anemones	Cnidaria
Common name	Species name
A sea anemone	Anemonactis mazeli
Ivell's sea anemone	Edwardsia ivelli
A sea anemone	Edwardsia timida
A sea anemone	Hormathia coronata

Hydroids	Cnidaria
Common name	Species name
A hydroid	Eudendrium arbusculum
A hydroid	Obelia bidentata
A hydroid	Obelia longissima
A hydroid	Tamarisca tamarisca

Jellyfish	Cnidaria
Common name	Species name

Comb jellies	Ctenophora
Common name	Species name

Ribbon worms	Nemertea
Common name	Species name

Segmented worms	Annelida
Common name	Species name
Tentacled lagoon worm	Alkmaria romijni
A bristleworm	Ampharete falcata
A bristleworm	Anaitides lineata
A bristleworm	Anaitides maculata
A bristleworm	Anaitides mucosa
A bristleworm	Anaitides rosea
A bristleworm	Aphelochaeta marioni
Lagoon sandworm	Armandia cirrhosa
A bristleworm	Baldia johnstoni
A bristleworm	Caulleriella alata
A bristleworm	Capitella capitata
A bristleworm	Eteone longa
A bristleworm	Eumida sanguinea
A bristleworm	Exogone verugera
Bloodworm	Glycera lapidum
A bristleworm	Glycera rouxii
A bristleworm	Glycera tridactyla
A scale worm	Harmothoe impar
A scale worm	Harmothoe lunulata
A bristleworm	Hesionura elongata
A tubeworm	Hydroides norvegica
A bristleworm	Hypereteone foliosa
An oligochaete	Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri>
A bristleworm	Lumbrineris gracilis
A bristleworm	Lumbrineris tetraura
A bristleworm	Magelona minuta
A bristleworm	Magelona mirabilis
A fan worm	Manayunkia aestuarina
A catworm	Nephtys caeca
White catworm	Nephtys cirrosa
A catworm	Nephtys hombergii
A catworm	Nephtys incisa
A bristleworm	Ophelia bicornis
A bristleworm	Poecilochaetus serpens
A bristleworm	Polydora caulleryi
A bristleworm	Polydora flava
A keel worm	Pomatoceros lamarcki
A bristleworm	Pygospio elegans
A bristleworm	Scolelepis squamata
A bristleworm	Spio filicornis
A sludge worm	Tubificoides benedii

Crabs etc	Crustacea
Common name	Species name
An amphipod	Abludomelita obtusata
Cranch's spider crab	Achaeus cranchii
An amphipod	Ampelisca brevicornis
A hermit crab	Anapagurus hyndmanni
A hermit crab	Anapagurus laevis
An amphipod	Aora gracilis
An amphipod	Apherusa clevei
An amphipod	Apherusa ovalipes
A crab	Bathynectes longipes
An amphipod	Bathyporeia guilliamsoniana
A burrowing amphipod	Bathyporeia pelagica
An amphipod	Bathyporeia pilosa
An amphipod	Cheirocratus assimilis
An amphipod	Cheirocratus sundevalii
An amphipod	Corophium lacustre
A nut crab	Ebalia granulosa
A squat lobster	Galathea intermedia
A sand shrip	Gammarus chevreuxi
Lagoon sand shrimp	Gammarus insensibilis
Gammarid amphipod	Gammarus salinus
A mysid shrimp	Gastrosaccus normani
An amphipod	Haustorius arenarius
An amphipod	Hyale prevostii
An amphipod	Jassa falcata
An amphipod	Menigrates obtusifrons
An amphipod	Microdeutopus stationis
An amphipod	Nannonyx spinimanus
A shrimp	Pandalina brevirostris
An amphipod	Pereionoyus testudo
A shrimp	Philoceras trispinosus
An amphipod	Pontocrates arenarius
A sand hopper	Talitrus saltator
An amphipod	Urothoe elegans
An amphipod	Urothoe marina
An amphipod	Allomelita pellucida
An amphipod	Amphitholina cuniculus
A deep sea shrimp	Arrhis phyllonyx
An acorn barnacle	Balanus balanus
A sea slater	Lekanesphaera levii
A sea slater	Lekanesphaera hookeri
A tanaid	Leptognathia paramanca
An amphipod	Leucothoe spinicarpa
Common spider crab	Maja brachydactyla
A wart barnacle	Verruca stroemia

Arthropoda	Non-crustacean arthropods
Common name	Species name
A sea spider	Achelia echinata
A sea spider	Endeis spinosa
The shore pseudoscorpion	Neobisium maritimum

Bivalves, snails, slugs etc.	Mollusca
Common name	Species name
A little squid	Alloteuthis media
A sea slug	Atagema gibba
North Atlantic octopus	Bathypolypus arcticus
American oyster	Crassostrea virginica
A sea slug	Cuthona foliata
A sea slug	Doris sticta
A sea slug	Embletonia pulchra
Tellin-like sunset shell	Gari tellinella
Broadtail shortfin squid	Illex coindetii
A chiton	Leptochiton asellus
Common squid	Loligo vulgaris
A bivalve mollusc	Lucinella divaricata
A sea slug	Okenia leachii
Elegant cuttlefish	Sepia elegans
Pink cuttlefish	Sepia orbigniana
Common bobtail	Sepietta owenian
Dwarf bobtail	Sepiola rondeletii
A sea slug	Stiliger bellulus
Lesser flying squid	Todaropis eblanae
A sea slug	Trapania pallida
A bivalve mollusc	Tridonta montagui
American oyster drill	Urosalpinx cinerea
A dorid nudibranch	Aldisa zetlandica
A sea slug	Doto fragilis
A nudibranch	Hancockia uncinata

Echinoderms
Sand burrowing brittlestar	Amphiura brachiata
A cushion star	Asterina phylactica
A brittlestar	Asteronyx loveni
A cushion star	Hippasteria phrygiana

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Sea mats	Bryozoans
Common name	Species name
A bryozoan	Amathia pruvoti
An erect bryozoan	Bugula purpurotincta
A bryozoan	Cellepora pumicosa
A bryozoan	Cylindroporella tubulosa
An encrusting bryozoan	Electra crustulenta (close up of zooids)
A bryozoan	Epistomia bursaria
A bryozoan	Escharella immersa
A bryozoan	Eucratea loricata
A bryozoan	Plesiothoa gigerium
A bryozoan	Porella alba
A bryozoan	Schizobrachiella sanguinea
A bryozoan	Smittina affinis
A bryozoan	Watersipora complanata

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Echinoderms	Echinodermata
Common name	Species name
A brittlestar	Amphiura chiajei
A heart urchin	Brissopsis lyrifera
A sea cucumber	Leptosynapta bergensis
A sea cucumber	Ocnus planci

Sea squirts	Tunicata
Common name	Species name
A sea squirt	Ascidia conchilega
A sea squirt	Molgula oculata
A sea squirt	Polycarpa spp.
Colonial sea squirt	Polyclinum aurantium
Colonial sea squirt	Polysyncraton lacazei
A sea squirt	Pycnoclavella aurilucens
A sea squirt	Styela gelatinosa
A sea squirt	Pyura microcosmus

Bony fish
Atlantic sturgeon	Acipenser sturio
Black scabbardfish	Aphanopus carbo
Small-headed clingfish	Apletodon dentatus
Greater argentine	Argentina silus
Deepwater sole	Bathysolea profundicola
Garfish	Belone belone
Tusk fish	Brosme brosme
Atlantic herring	Clupea harengus
Common whitefish	Coregonus lavaretus
Roundnose grenadier	Coryphaenoides rupestris
Grey gurnard	Eutrigla gurnardus
Steven's goby	Gobius gasteveni
Atlantic halibut	Hippoglossus hippoglossus
Orange roughy	Hoplostethus atlanticus
Connemara clingfish	Lepadogaster candollei
Greater eelpout	Lycodes esmarkii
Roughhead grenadier	Macrourus berglax
Softhead grenadier	Malacocephalus laevis
Haddock	Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Whiting	Merlangius merlangus
European Hake	Merluccius merluccius
Blue whiting	Micromesistius poutassou
Blue ling	Molva dypterygia
Ling	Molva molva
Slender snipe eel	Nemichthys scolopaceus
Straight-nosed pipefish	Nerophis ophidion
Shortfin spiny eel	Notacanthus bonapartei
Snubnosed spiny eel	Notacanthus chemnitzii
European smelt	Osmerus eperlanus
Saithe	Pollachius virens
Wreckfish or stone bass	Polyprion americanus
Norway haddock	Sebastes viviparus
Atlantic mackerel	Scomber scombrus
Sprat	Sprattus sprattus
Northern bluefin tuna	Thunnus thynnus
Horse mackerel (or scad)	Trachurus trachurus
Norway pout	Trisopterus esmarkii

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Spoon-worms	Echiura
Common name	Species name
Spoon worm	Amalosoma eddystonense

Fish	Pisces
Common name	Species name
Raitt's sand eel	Ammodytes marinus
Scaldfish	Arnoglossus laterna
Solenette	Bluglossidium luteum
Two-spotted clingfish	Diplecogaster bimaculata
Shore rockling	Gaidropsarus mediterraneus
Black scorpionfish	Scorpaena porcus

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Reptiles	Reptilia
Common name	Species name
Loggerhead turtle	Caretta caretta
Hawksbill turtle	Eretmochelys imbricata
Kemp's Ridley turtle	Lepidochelys kempii

Mammals	Chordata
Common name	Species name
Sei whale	Balaenoptera borealis
Blue whale	Balaenoptera musculus
Fin whale	Balaenoptera physalus
Short-beaked common dolphin	Delphinus delphis
Bearded seal	Erignathus barbatus
Northern right whale	Eubalaena glacialis
Long-finned pilot whale	Globicephala melas
Pygmy sperm whale	Kogia breviceps
Atlantic white-sided dolphin	Lagenorhynchus acutus
White-beaked dolphin	Lagenorhynchus albirostris
Sowerby's beaked whale	Mesoplodon bidens
Gervais' beaked whale	Mesoplodon europaeus
True's beaked whale	Mesoplodon mirus
Walrus	Odobenus rosmarus
Harp seal	Phoca groenlandica
Ringed seal	Phoca hispida
Sperm whale	Physeter catodon
False killer whale	Pseudorca crassidens
Striped dolphin	Stenella coeruleoalba
Cuvier's beaked whale	Ziphius cavirostris

Green seaweed	Chlorophyta
Common name	Species name
A green seaweed	Blidingia minima
A green seaweed	Cladophora battersii
Maiden’s hair	Ectocarpus sp.
A green seaweed	Urospora wormskioldii
A green seaweed	Bryopsis plumosa
Spaghetti algae	Chaetomorpha linum
A green seaweed	Derbesia marina
A green seaweed	Ulva linza

Brown seaweed	Phaeophyta
Common name	Species name
A brown seaweed	Asperococcus compressus
A brown seaweed	Asperococcus scaber
A brown seaweed	Halothrix lumbricalis
A brown seaweed	Leblondiella densa
A brown seaweed	Pseudolithoderma roscoffensis

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Red Seaweed	Rhodophyta
Common name	Species name
A red seaweed	Aglaothamnion diaphanum
A red seaweed	Aglaothamnion priceanum
A red seaweed	Bornetia secundiflora
A red seaweed	Calliblepharis jubata
A red seaweed	Callophyllis cristata
A red seaweed	Cryptonemia lomation
A red seaweed	Dasya corymbifera
A red seaweed	Dasya punicea
A red seaweed	Gelidiella calcicola
A red seaweed	Gelidium sesquipedale
A red seaweed	Gigartina pistillata
A red seaweed	Gracilaria bursa-pastoris
A red seaweed	Gracilaria multipartita
A red seaweed	Lophosiphonia reptabunda
A red seaweed	Membranoptera alata
A red seaweed	Plumaria pulmosa
A red seaweed	Pterosiphonia pennata
A red seaweed	Schmitzia hiscockiana
A red seaweed	Dermocorynus montagnei
A red seaweed	Gracilaria multipartita
A red seaweed	Heterosiphonia plumosa

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Lichens

Stoneworts

Common name	Species name
Bird's nest stonewort	Tolypella nidifica

Vascular plants

Common name	Species name
Common saltmarsh grass	Puccinellia maritima
Bearded stonewort	Chara canescens

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Horseshoe worms
A horseshoe worm	Phoronis muelleri

Peanut worms	Sipuncula
A sipunculid worm	Nephasoma minutum
A sipunculid worm	Nephasoma rimicola

Flatworms
A flatworm	Procerodes littoralis
A flatworm	Oligocladus sanguinolentus

Sea gooseberries and comb jellies	Ctenophora
A comb jelly	Beroe cucumis

Annelid worms
White catworm	Nephtys cirrosa

Birds - Aves
Razorbill	Alca torda
Red-throated diver	Gavia stellata
Great black-backed gull	Larus marinus
Common scoter	Melanitta nigra
European shag	Phalacrocorax aristotelis
Manx shearwater	Puffinus puffinus
Black-legged kittiwake	Rissa tridactyla
Sandwich tern	Sterna sandvicensis
Common guillemot	Uria aalge

Rocky habitats

Barnacles and fucoids (moderately exposed shores)
Barnacle, sponge and Tubularia communities
Cordylophora caspia and Electra crustulenta on reduced salinity infralittoral rock
Deep caves and overhangs
Mixed fucoids, Chorda filum and green seaweeds on reduced salinity infralittoral rock
Laminaria digitata and piddocks on soft rocks
Sparse Laminaria saccharina with dense filamentous red seaweeds, sponges and Balanus crenatus on tide-swept variable salinity infralittoral rock
Laminaria saccharina, foliose red seaweeds, sponges and ascidians on tide-swept infralittoral rock
Littoral overhangs and caves
Sublittoral mussel beds (Mytilus edulis) in tidal streams or variable salinity
Mytilus edulis beds on reduced salinity tide-swept infralittoral rock
Musculus discors beds on moderately exposed circalittoral rock
Sabellaria spinulosa with kelp and red seaweeds on sand-influenced infralittoral rock

Sediment habitats (mud, sand, gravel)

Ampharete falcata turf with Parvicardium ovale on cohesive muddy very fine sand near margins of deep stratified seas
Aphelochaeta marioni and Tubificoides spp. in variable salinity infralittoral mud
Barnacles and Littorina littorea on unstable eulittoral mixed substrata.
Beds of Amphiura filiformis on muddy sand sediments
Burrowing anemones and tube worms on clean stone gravel
Brissopsis lyrifera and Amphiura chiajei in circalittoral mud
Capitella capitata in enriched sublittoral muddy sediments.
Dense brittle-star beds
Echinocardium cordatum and Ensis spp. in lower shore or shallow sublittoral muddy fine sand
Fabulina fabula and Magelona mirabilis with venerid bivalves in infralittoral compacted fine sand
Foramaniferans and Thyasira sp. in deep circalittoral soft mud.
Fucus vesiculosus on mid eulittoral mixed substrata
Halichondria bowerbanki, Eudendrium arbusculum and Eucratea loricata on reduced salinity tide-swept circalittoral mixed substrata.
Hartlaubella gelatinosa and Conopeum reticulum on low salinity infralittoral mixed substrata
Horse mussel (Modiolus modiolus) beds
Lophelia reefs.
Macoma balthica and Abra alba in infralittoral muddy sand or mud
Mytilus edulis beds on variable salinity infralittoral mixed sediment
Neomysis integer and Gammarus spp. in low salinity infralittoral mobile sand
Oligochaetes Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri, Tubifex tubifex and Gammarus spp. in low salinity infralittoral muddy sediment
Oyster beds on muddy sediments (Ostrea edulis)
Polydora ciliata, Mya truncata and solitary ascidians in variable salinity infralittoral mixed sediment.
Polydora ciliata in variable salinity infralittoral firm mud or clay.
Ruppia maritima seagrass bed
Sea pens (Virgularia mirabilis) and brittlestars (Ophiura spp.) on circalittoral sandy or shelly mud
Sea pens and brittlestars on muddy/sand sediments
Semi-permanent tube-building amphipods and bristleworms in sublittoral mud or muddy sand
Styela gelatinosa and other solitary ascidians on sheltered deep circalittoral muddy sediment
Venerid bivalves in circalittoral coarse sand or gravel
Venerupis senegalensis and Mya truncata in lower shore or infralittoral muddy gravel