Caribbean Persicula

All digital images by David Kirsh unless otherwise noted.

Persicula catenata (Montagu, 1803) Persicula chrysomelina (Redfield, 1848)
Persicula fluctuata (C. B. Adams, 1850)Persicula catenata (Montagu, 1803)

Persicula chrysomelina (Redfield, 1848)

Beach drift, Dania, Florida (4 mm.)

Dived, 10 feet in sand, Malmak, Aruba, Jens Hemmen! (6 mm.)

Persicula catenata In Situ

 

Persicula chrysomelina (Redfield, 1848)

Persicula fluctuata (C. B. Adams, 1850)

Persicula chrysomelina (Redfield, 1848)

Persicula fluctuata (C. B. Adams, 1850)

Dived, 10 feet in sand, Malmak, Aruba, Jens Hemmen! (5.9 mm.)

Drift, beach at West End, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas (5.3 mm)

Persicula fluctuata (C. B. Adams, 1850)

Persicula fluctuata (C. B. Adams, 1850)

Grand Cayman Island (about 6 mm.)

Persicula hennequini Boyer, Neeps, and Wakefield, 1998

Persicula hennequini Boyer, Neeps, and Wakefield, 1998

Los Rocques Archipelago, Venezuela in fine sand at a depth of one meter (6-8 mm.) | Original photograph by Bob Lipe

Persicula pulcherrima (Gaskoin, 1849)

Persicula weberi Olsson & McGinty, 1958

Persicula pulcherrima (Gaskoin, 1849)

Persicula weberi Olsson & McGinty, 1958

St. Martin Feb., 1971 (5 mm.)

Dredged from 10-30 feet, fine sand, Bocas Island, Panama (7 mm.)