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sealord > A sea potato, Echinocardium cordatum, from Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast.  The sea potato lives in the sand and was unearthed by a bait digger.  It was preparing to tunnel down into the sand again.
Photographed on 1 February 2006
File No. 23-809
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sealord > The green sea urchin, Psammechinus miliaris, is the most common sea urchin on the Guernsey seashore. This specimen was photographed from La Valette on Guernsey's east coast.  This animal is usually found in rock pools under boulders.  The tube feet hold shells and shell debris over the surface of the test and spines to give the animal extra protection.
Photographed on 22 February 2004
File No. 5-718
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sealord > The tube feet of a green sea urchin, Psammechinus miliaris, from La Valette on Guernsey's east coast.
File No. 21-728
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sealord > A sea potato, Echinocardium cordatum, from Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast digging down into the sand.
Photographed on 1 February 2006
File No. 32-809
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sealord > The brittlestar, Ophiotrix fragilis, collected from a crab pot off Guernsey's south coast.
File No. 22-605
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sealord > A goose foot starfish, Anseropoda placenta, captured accidentally in a fisherman's trawl. Photograph shows the dorsal surface.  This starfish feeds on crustaceans.
File No. 15-202
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sealord > The starfish, Echinaster sepositus, from a channel called the Big Russel between Herm Island and Sark in the Bailiwick of Guernsey. This starfish entered a crab pot belonging to Chris Marquis.  It was photographed and returned to the sea.
Photographed on 7 May 2004
File No. 4-733
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sealord > The starfish, Henricia oculata, crawling across a rock.
File No. 33-737
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sealord > A black brittlestar, Ophiocomina nigra, from the south coast of Guernsey.  This animal was given to me by Guernsey commercial crab fisherman Clive Brown who pots for crab off Guernsey's south coast.  Many of these black brittlestars were feeding on pout (a species in the cod family) which was being used as crab pot bait.
File No. 35-116
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A sea potato, Echinocardium cordatum, from Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast. The sea potato lives in the sand and was unearthed by a bait digger. It was preparing to tunnel down into the sand again.
Photographed on 1 February 2006
File No. 23-809
©RLLord
fishinfo@guernsey.net
 > A sea potato, Echinocardium cordatum, from Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast.  The sea potato lives in the sand and was unearthed by a bait digger.  It was preparing to tunnel down into the sand again.
Photographed on 1 February 2006
File No. 23-809
©RLLord
fishinfo@guernsey.net
A sea potato, Echinocardium cordatum, from Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast. The sea potato lives in the sand and was unearthed by a bait digger. It was preparing to tunnel down into the sand again.
Photographed on 1 February 2006
File No. 23-809
©RLLord
fishinfo@guernsey.net
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