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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 > The squat lobster, Galathea nexa, is usually found subtidally but I found a number of them at extreme low water during a big spring tide in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast. They were under cobbles in a gully near Quaine rock on 20 March 2007. File No. BG 200307 22-892 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
sealord > In Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast I turned over a cobble (adjacent photograph) in a small pool left by the falling tide and found thirty-nine juvenile hermit crabs, Pagurus bernhardus, occupying mostly Gibbula umbilicalis (flat top shell) shells. One of the hermit crabs occupied a larger painted top shell, Calliostoma zizyphinum, shell. These hermit crabs are Europe's largest and most common hermit crab species. As they grow they move to deeper water and will eventually occupy empty common whelk, Buccinum undatum, shells. Photographed on 4 February 2007 File No. 040207 6008 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
sealord > The cobble in the middle of the tide pool in Belle Greve Bay, Guernsey had a gathering of 39 small hermit crabs, Pagurus bernhardus, underneath it. Most of the hermit crabs occupied the shell of the flat top shell, Gibbula umbilicalis. One of the slightly larger hermit crabs occupied the shell of the painted top shell, Calliostoma zizyphinum. Photographed in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast on 4 February 2007 File No. 040207 5988 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
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sealord > A female masked crab, Corystes cassivelaunus, dug up from the beach in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast. A bait digger unearthed two masked crabs by locating holes in the sand where their antennae stuck out. Their antennae have setae (like hairs) on the inside of the antennae, which make a tube for the crab to breathe through while living in the sand. File No. BG 200207 6696 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
sealord > The masked crab, Corystes cassivelaunus, on the beach in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast. This crab burrows into the beach. It was brought to the surface by a bait digger. It has the ability to bury itself quickly. Photographed on 20 February 2007 File. No. BG 200207 6694 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
sealord > Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast > Corystes cassivelaunus BG 200207 6687 smg
sealord > The edible velvet swimming crab, known in Guernsey as the lady crab, Necora puber, is abundant on the Belle Greve Bay sea-shore. In January many of these crabs can be found under boulders in a soft-shell state. They have moulted recently. The crab in this image scurried away from a boulder I turned over and sought refuge next to my Wellington boot. Photographed on 4 January 2007. File No. 040107 5239 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
sealord > This well camouflaged juvenile female Liocarcinus arcuatus crab was found in the eel grass beds at extreme low water in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast. R.W. Ingle in his book "British Crabs" gives this crab a common name of 'arch fronted swimming crab' but common names are not well established for many crab species. This individual has a carapace or shell width of 10.0 mm. This image was taken with a Canon S80 with an underwater housing. I have taken close-up film images too, which will be available soon. Collected and photographed on the 20 February 2007. File No. 200207 6762 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
The masked crab, Corystes cassivelaunus, on the beach in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast. This crab burrows into the beach. It was brought to the surface by a bait digger. It has the ability to bury itself quickly. Photographed on 20 February 2007
File. No. BG 200207 6694
©RLLord
fishinfo@guernsey.net
> The masked crab, Corystes cassivelaunus, on the beach in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast. This crab burrows into the beach. It was brought to the surface by a bait digger. It has the ability to bury itself quickly. Photographed on 20 February 2007 File. No. BG 200207 6694 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
The masked crab, Corystes cassivelaunus, on the beach in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast. This crab burrows into the beach. It was brought to the surface by a bait digger. It has the ability to bury itself quickly. Photographed on 20 February 2007
File. No. BG 200207 6694
©RLLord
fishinfo@guernsey.net
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