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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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The grey sponge, Pachymatisima johnstonia, grows from the roof of a cave in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast. Photographed on 1 February 2006. File No. 010206 292 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
The "black tar sponge" Dercitus bucklandi, covers a portion of the back of a wall in a small cave in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast. This dark brown or black plastic-sheet-like sponge occurs in dark caves and crevices. File No. BG 170407 7927 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
I believe the orange sponge in the centre of the image is Haliclona simulans. A painted top shell, Calliostoma zizyphinum, sits on the sponge (below the first 'O' in "photography". It grows on the south wall (shaded) of a gully near the Quaine rock pole in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast. It was photographed with a Canon S80 compact digital camera at extreme low water during the big equinoctial low tide on 21 March 2007. File No. BG 210307 7550 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
The beautiful tentacles of a snakelocks sea anemone, Anemonia viridis, wave back and forth in a gentle current in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast on 4 February 2007. File No. 040207 5932 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
A beautiful example of a snakelocks anemone, Anemonia viridis, in a pool in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast. This anemone cannot withdrawn its tentacles so if it is exposed by the falling tide it may droop and fall off the rock it clings to. Photographed on 29 March 2006. File No. 290306 356 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
This beautiful snakelocks anemone, Anemonia viridis, waits for prey in a mid-shore tide pool in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast. Nearby there was a grey sea slug, Aeolidia papillosa, which feeds on snakelocks anemones. Photographed on 5 February 2007 File No. 050207 6343
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The daisy anemone, Cereus pendunculatus, grows attached to rock buried in the gravel. Daisy anemones with their psychedelic tentacle pattern are difficult to spot growing out of the substrate. They are very common in the bottom of the channel that extends from the Queen Elizabeth 2 marina into Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast. Photographed on 5 January 2007. File No. 050107 5353 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
The daisy anemone, Cereus pendunculatus, grows attached to rock buried in the gravel. Daisy anemones with their psychedelic tentacle pattern are difficult to see growing out of the substrate. They are common in the bottom of the channel that extends from the entrance of the Queen Elizabeth 2 marina into Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast. Photographed on 5 January 2007. File No. 050107 5190 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
The grey sponge, Pachymatisima johnstonia, grows from the roof of a cave in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast.
Photographed on 1 February 2006.
File No. 010206 292
©RLLord
fishinfo@guernsey.net
The grey sponge, Pachymatisima johnstonia, grows from the roof of a cave in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast. Photographed on 1 February 2006. File No. 010206 292 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
The grey sponge, Pachymatisima johnstonia, grows from the roof of a cave in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast.
Photographed on 1 February 2006.
File No. 010206 292
©RLLord
fishinfo@guernsey.net
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