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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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I collected some red seaweed, Calliblepharis jubata, from Belle Greve Bay on 15 February 2006. I was arranging the seaweed on a tray of seawater when I noticed these two flatworms sliding over its surface. File No. 24-812 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
ribbon worm egg case BG 180407 8072 smg
A young bootlace worm, Lineus longissimus, travels over the surface of a rock hunting for food in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast. Each dark spot on the side of the head is an eye. Bootlace worms can have up to 40 eyes on each side of the head. Photographed on 5 November 2006. File No. 2-869 fishinfo ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
A young bootlace worm, Lineus longissimus, measuring about half a metre long, travels over a rock surface in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast. This ribbon worm, phylum nemertea, can grow in excess of 30 metres long. It possesses ten to forty dark eyes on each side of the head. Photographed on 5 November 2006 File No. 1-869 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
Wave and tidal action deposit the finest material in and around Salerie harbour at the southern corner of Belle Greve Bay. Here lugworms cover the surface with their casts. File No. BG 180407 8067 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
Nephtys hombergi BG 170207 30-878 smg
paddleworm egg case foraminafera BG 170207 13-878 smg
Alentia gelatinosa BG 090208 3048 smg
Guernsey recreational anglers use a fork to dig for this large polychaete worm in the family eunicidae. Locally called Verm, Marphysa sanguinea, grows to a length of 60 cm. It lives in muddy gravel which is a common substrate in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast. File No. 5-536 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
I collected some red seaweed, Calliblepharis jubata, from Belle Greve Bay on 15 February 2006. I was arranging the seaweed on a tray of seawater when I noticed these two flatworms sliding over its surface.
File No. 24-812
©RLLord
fishinfo@guernsey.net
I collected some red seaweed, Calliblepharis jubata, from Belle Greve Bay on 15 February 2006. I was arranging the seaweed on a tray of seawater when I noticed these two flatworms sliding over its surface. File No. 24-812 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
I collected some red seaweed, Calliblepharis jubata, from Belle Greve Bay on 15 February 2006. I was arranging the seaweed on a tray of seawater when I noticed these two flatworms sliding over its surface.
File No. 24-812
©RLLord
fishinfo@guernsey.net
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