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Favorinus branchialis nudibranch Lihou 100509 ©RLLord 4079 smg
Xantho juvenile CW 21 4 mm BG 090208 2965 smg
A two-spotted goby, Gobiusculus flavescens, lies close to the bottom in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast. This small fish is 3 to 4 cm long. This species is abundant on the shore. They are known to lay their eggs inside the holdfast of the brown kelp - furbelows, Saccorhiza polyschides. This fish was photographed with a Canon A640 in an underwater housing and an external flash. File No. BG 250108 2541 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
The large nudibranch Aeolidia papillosa glides over some crustose corraline algae in a rock pool in Belle Greve Bay on the 18 April 2007. File No. BG 180407 7994 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
This is a view taken on the 2 April 2007 of what I am calling crater pool (because of the high sides) in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast. The image looks towards the north. If you compare this image with a previous image of this pool taken on 4th February 2007 you will see the amount of growth that has taken place of the invasive brown seaweed, Sargassum muticum. This is a small pool where I found two furrowed crabs, Xantho incisus; two candy striped flatworms, and three long-spined sea scorpions (sculpin family). Long-spined sea scorpion eggs were deposited under a tuft of the red algae, Corallina officinalis, on the left-hand pointed corner of the flat-topped rock under 'tog' of 'phoTOGgraphy in the Sealord watermark. File No. BG 020407 7809 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
The common periwinkle is common on the shores of the UK and on the shores of France but virtually absent from the shores of Guernsey, Channel Islands. In Guernsey the periwinkle is replaced by topshells - particularly the toothed topshell, Oselinus lineata, and the purple or flat topshell, Gibbula umbilicalis. This is an image of a periwinkle, Littorina littorea, in a tide pool at Cullercoats north of Tynemouth on the North Sea coast of England. Photographed on the 18 March 2007. File No. 180307 7099 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
A dog whelk, Nucella lapillus, produces and deposits egg capsules in a tide pool under a protective canopy of erect coralline algae, Corallina officinalis. Photographed on the 19 February 2007 in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast. File No. BG 190207 6608 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
Two black striped white 'candy striped' flatworms, Prostheceraeus vittatus, can be seen in the lower left of the image under the orange sponge. The blue sponge, Terpios fugax, can be seen on the right side just below the middle of the image. The erect coralline algae, Corallina officinalis, grows around the orange sponge and foliose coralline algae grows over the rock below. This image was taken in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast in a rock pool I have named 'crater rock pool' for reference purposes (See http://sealord.smugmug.com/gallery/1984411#127980518 ). Photography on 4 February 2007. File No. BG 040207 6088 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
I believe this kelp is Laminaria ochroleuca which grows below extreme low water spring tide (ELWS) at La Valette on Guernsey's east coast. This photograph also shows a damaged holdfast of furbelows, Saccorhiza polyschides, on the extreme right centre of the image. Most of the boulders on this shore at extreme low water are covered on the top side by a layer of crustose coralline algae, which gives the rocks an attractive pink colour. This image was taken on 1 March 2002. File No. 17-534 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
Favorinus branchialis nudibranch Lihou 100509 ©RLLord 4079 smg
Favorinus branchialis nudibranch Lihou 100509 ©RLLord 4079 smg
Favorinus branchialis nudibranch Lihou 100509 ©RLLord 4079 smg
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