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Marine life found in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast. Guernsey is the second largest island in the Channel Islands located between England and France. The gallery begins with general views of the bay followed by major groups of animals including sponges, cnidarians, worms, crustaceans, molluscs, echinoderms, ascidians, fishes and ending with some algae.
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sealord > Sam Robins holding the polychaete worm, Marphysa sanguinea, called verm in Guernsey, which was dug up from the shore of Belle Greve Bay on 10 February 2005. These worms make excellent angling bait. They grow to a length of 60 cm. File No. 100205 657 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
sealord > A small cave in Belle Greve bay was home to seven fan worms, Bispira volutacornis. The worms had withdrawn into their respective tubes because they had been exposed by low tide. This image was taken on the 9 March 2004. Regrettably the worms are no longer in the cave. As the tubes no longer exist they may have been removed by a bait collector. File No. 090304 23 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
sealord > This amazing terebellid worm, the sand mason, Lanice conchilega, is just what its common name suggests. It builds a tube out of whole, and individual pieces of, mollusc shells and grains of sand. The worm's glue used to attach grains of sand together must be strong to withstand the force of water that rushes over the top of the tube with its projections of fine threads of glued sand grains. The top of the tube of this sand mason was photographed on the lower shore of the beach in Belle Greve Bay on 28 April 2006. File No. 280406 15 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
sealord > The sipunculid, Sipunculus nudus, dug up by a bait digger from the beach in Belle Greve Bay on 29 March 2006. File No. 21-823 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
sealord > This amphipod, Gammarellus homari, was identified by Dutch marine biologist Marco Faasse. This species grows to a length of 3.5 cm. I collected some red seaweed, Plocamium cartilagineum, in Belle Greve Bay. I placed this seaweed in a tray of seawater and this amphipod swam away from the fronds. File No. 34-108 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
sealord > Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast > Sphaeroma serratum BG 220507 8871 smg
sealord > The beautiful anemone prawn, Periclimenes sagittifer, is usually found subtidally in Channel Island waters. The individual in this photograph was found intertidally in Belle Greve Bay on the 20 March 2007. I found it on a grey snakelocks anemone, Anemonia viridis, under a boulder in a shallow tide pool. For photography I placed it on a green snakelocks anemone. These shrimp have a commensal relationship with these sea anemones. They seem to be quite common subtidally but this is the first specimen I have seen intertidally. Another image of this individual is in the 'Guernsey crustacea' gallery in the 'Nature' category. Many more images of this specimen are on file including close-up images. File No. BG 200307 19-891 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
sealord > Normally the snapping prawn, Alpheus macrocheles, is found subtidally but this individual was found under a cobble in a gully by Quaine rock in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast. It was found at extreme low water during a big spring tide on 20 March 2007. The snapping prawn is well-named for the loud sound it can make when alarmed. It makes this sound by snapping the heavy dactyl of the left claw against the propodus, which causes a cavitation in the water. The startling sound resembles a cluck that can be made by moving ones tongue over the roof of the mouth. File No. BG 200307 5-893 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
sealord > The shore squat lobster, Galathea squamifera, is abundant under boulders and cobbles along Guernsey's rocky sea-shore. They usually flip their powerful tails (abdomen) to propel themselves away when they are disturbed. This individual had darted away from a boulder I turned over and sought shelter at the base of a tuft of algae in a Belle Greve Bay rock pool. Photographed on 5 January 2007. File No. 050107 5365 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
The beautiful anemone prawn, Periclimenes sagittifer, is usually found subtidally in Channel Island waters. The individual in this photograph was found intertidally in Belle Greve Bay on the 20 March 2007. I found it on a grey snakelocks anemone, Anemonia viridis, under a boulder in a shallow tide pool. For photography I placed it on a green snakelocks anemone. These shrimp have a commensal relationship with these sea anemones. They seem to be quite common subtidally but this is the first specimen I have seen intertidally. Another image of this individual is in the 'Guernsey crustacea' gallery in the 'Nature' category. Many more images of this specimen are on file including close-up images.
File No. BG 200307 19-891
©RLLord
fishinfo@guernsey.net
> The beautiful anemone prawn, Periclimenes sagittifer, is usually found subtidally in Channel Island waters. The individual in this photograph was found intertidally in Belle Greve Bay on the 20 March 2007. I found it on a grey snakelocks anemone, Anemonia viridis, under a boulder in a shallow tide pool. For photography I placed it on a green snakelocks anemone. These shrimp have a commensal relationship with these sea anemones. They seem to be quite common subtidally but this is the first specimen I have seen intertidally. Another image of this individual is in the 'Guernsey crustacea' gallery in the 'Nature' category. Many more images of this specimen are on file including close-up images. File No. BG 200307 19-891 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
The beautiful anemone prawn, Periclimenes sagittifer, is usually found subtidally in Channel Island waters. The individual in this photograph was found intertidally in Belle Greve Bay on the 20 March 2007. I found it on a grey snakelocks anemone, Anemonia viridis, under a boulder in a shallow tide pool. For photography I placed it on a green snakelocks anemone. These shrimp have a commensal relationship with these sea anemones. They seem to be quite common subtidally but this is the first specimen I have seen intertidally. Another image of this individual is in the 'Guernsey crustacea' gallery in the 'Nature' category. Many more images of this specimen are on file including close-up images.
File No. BG 200307 19-891
©RLLord
fishinfo@guernsey.net
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