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More images of sea anemones (actiniaria) can be seen in the Belle Greve Bay gallery at http://sealord.smugmug.com/gallery/3514797#133517495

Images of jewel anemones, plumose anemones and elegant anemones, Sagartia elegans, can be viewed in the QE II marina gallery at http://sealord.smugmug.com/gallery/3514775#102060423

Images of a large number of beadlet anemones can be seen in the Sark Caves gallery at http://sealord.smugmug.com/gallery/3514757#195151167
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sealord > A compass jellyfish, Chrysaora hysoscella, photographed in St. Peter Port harbour, Guernsey on 8 August 1997. Compass jellyfish arrive in Guernsey waters in July and August. They are often collected by children using dip nets off Guernsey's north and west coast beaches. File No. 32-21 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
sealord > The jellyfish, Pelagia noctiluca, found in a rock pool near the Lihou Island Causeway on the west coast of Guernsey. I have seen this species in small numbers in Guernsey waters only in April. It is found stranded on both Guernsey's west and east coast depending on the wind and tide. I have not seen it every year. Photographed on 7 April 2004 File No. 18-727 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
sealord > Stalked jellyfish, Haliclystus octoradiatus, on Laminaria seaweed in a rock pool at La Valette on Guernsey's east coast. This animal was first identified by Dr. Allen G. Collins and identification was confirmed by Dr. Yayoi M. Hirano in Japan, who is an authority on this group of animals. Photographed 17 July 2003 Film No. 32-670 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
sealord > A dahlia anemone, Urticina felina, in a rock pool at La Valette on Guernsey's east coast. Photographed 10 June 2006. I have seen this beautiful dahlia anemone in this rock pool for several years. Other dahlia anemones I see on the rocky shore at La Valette are often attached to boulders and cobbles and I see them only once. The dahlia anemone in this pool is difficult to see because the surface of the pool is covered in a thick layer of green seaweed called 'velvet horn', Codium sp. during the summer months. File No. 100606 1241 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
sealord > A dahlia anemone, Urticina felina, with a diameter of 5 to 6 cm growing on the side of the rectangular metal float of a pontoon attached to the fish quay in St. Peter Port harbour, Guernsey. This photograph was taken with a Canon S80 digital camera with an underwater housing. Fanworms grow down from the base of the pontoon float. The dahlia anemone is uncommon in Guernsey rock pools on the seashore but the pontoon attached to the fish quay has large numbers of them. Unfortunately, the pontoon is cleaned every four or five years so they will be removed but presumably they will recolonise the cleaned pontoon in time. Photographed on 19 December 2006 File No. 191206 4905 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
sealord > A dahlia anemone, Urticina felina, grows on the side on a pontoon attached to the fish quay in St. Peter Port harbour, Guernsey. Photographed on 19 December 2006. File No. 191206 4907 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
sealord > A blue daisy anemone, Cereus pedunculatus, from the seashore at La Valette on Guernsey's east coast. This species was attached to the base of a rock. The column can elongate and contract remarkably. The column often has shell debris attached to it. This species is more common on the beach to the north of La Valette in Belle Greve Bay near bedrock. The anemone attaches to the bedrock and the column elongates so that the crown of tentacles protrude and lies flat on the surface of the sand. Photographed in March 2003. File No. 21-640 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
sealord > A pair of orange plumose anemones, Metridium senile, photographed in the Queen Elizabeth II marina, St. Peter Port harbour, on Guernsey's east coast. Plumose anemones are plankton eaters. The QE II marina entrance is in the north-east corner of the marina. The largest plumose anemones live in the south-east corner of the marina where they receive a plentiful supply of plankton when the rising tide floods the marina with fresh seawater from Belle Greve Bay. Photographed on 16 August 2005 File No. 17-788 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
sealord > These three large plumose anemones, Metridium senile, which can have orange or white columns, attach to the side of a pontoon in the Queen Elizabeth 2 marina, St. Peter Port harbour, Guernsey. They were photographed on 16 August 2005. More of my images of plumose anemones are in my 'Queen Elizabeth II marina' gallery in the Guernsey marine life category. See http://sealord.smugmug.com/gallery/3514775_WSvcQ#102380409 File No. 35-787 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
A blue daisy anemone, Cereus pedunculatus, from the seashore at La Valette on Guernsey's east coast. This species was attached to the base of a rock. The column can elongate and contract remarkably. The column often has shell debris attached to it. This species is more common on the beach to the north of La Valette in Belle Greve Bay near bedrock. The anemone attaches to the bedrock and the column elongates so that the crown of tentacles protrude and lies flat on the surface of the sand. Photographed in March 2003.
File No. 21-640
©RLLord
fishinfo@guernsey.net
> A blue daisy anemone, Cereus pedunculatus, from the seashore at La Valette on Guernsey's east coast. This species was attached to the base of a rock. The column can elongate and contract remarkably. The column often has shell debris attached to it. This species is more common on the beach to the north of La Valette in Belle Greve Bay near bedrock. The anemone attaches to the bedrock and the column elongates so that the crown of tentacles protrude and lies flat on the surface of the sand. Photographed in March 2003. File No. 21-640 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
A blue daisy anemone, Cereus pedunculatus, from the seashore at La Valette on Guernsey's east coast. This species was attached to the base of a rock. The column can elongate and contract remarkably. The column often has shell debris attached to it. This species is more common on the beach to the north of La Valette in Belle Greve Bay near bedrock. The anemone attaches to the bedrock and the column elongates so that the crown of tentacles protrude and lies flat on the surface of the sand. Photographed in March 2003.
File No. 21-640
©RLLord
fishinfo@guernsey.net
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