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This humpback scallop, Chlamys distorta, is attached to the base of a granite boulder on the lower shore in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast. As an adult the right valve of this scallop is cemented permanently to the substrate it attaches to. This individual had a shell length of about 3 cm. It was photographed on the 8 February 2008. File No. BG 080208 2908 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
The cruise ship Club Med 2 at anchor in the Little Russell off St. Peter Port harbour, Guernsey, Channel Islands, Great Britain in July 2001. File No. 19-500 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
The cruise ship Silver Cloud anchored in the Little Russell between the islands of Herm and Jethou and Guernsey. File No. 21-500 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
This is one of the three long-spined sea scorpions, Taurulus bubalis, I found in 'crater' rock pool (See http://sealord.smugmug.com/gallery/1984411#127980518 ) in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast on the 5 February 2007. The camouflage is extraordinary. The skin colour of the fish's head matches the adjacent rock closely. To blend with their surroundings I presume these fish stay in one place for sufficient time to alter the colour of their skin. File No. 050207 6322 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
A beautifully camouflaged long spined sea scorpion, Taurulus bubalis, lives in 'crater' tide pool (see http://sealord.smugmug.com/gallery/1984411#127980518 ) in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast. The fish has been resident in the tide pool for several days while laying eggs. The pink colouration of the head and parts of the body match the colour of the crustose corraline seaweed lining the boulders and the bottom of the pool. This fish has a parasitic isopod, Anilocra frontalis, attached to its right side behind the head. Many of these fish carry these juvenile crustacean skin parasites. The are probably a vector for these juvenile parasites that later in life attached to commercially important species such as black seabream, Spondyliosoma cantharus. This long-spined sea scorpion, which is a member of the sculpin family, was the fifth individual I found on the Belle Greve shore on 4 February 2007. Three of them were host to Anilocra frontalis (isopod) parasites. Photographed in Belle Greve Bay on 4 February 2007. File No. 040207 6061 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
This large furrowed crab, Xantho incisus, was photographed in 'crater rock pool" (See http://sealord.smugmug.com/gallery/1984411#127980518 ) in Belle Greve Bay on 4 February 2007. The width of the animal including the heavy claws was about 10 cm. I photographed it on 4 February 2007. File No. 040207 6060 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
The green shore crab, Carcinus maenas, sits on the bottom of Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast while the tide comes in. Photographed on 4 February 2007 File No. 040207 6108 ©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
Five bearded rockling, Ciliata mustela, found under a boulder on the shore of Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast on 5 February 2007. The fish was transfered to a deep rock pool for photography. This species is difficult to photograph because it constantly seeks cover so I placed it in a rock pool with few hiding places. After photographing the fish I placed rocks with attached seaweed back in the pool to provide shelter for the fish. File No. BG 050207 6375 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
This humpback scallop, Chlamys distorta, is attached to the base of a granite boulder on the lower shore in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast. As an adult the right valve of this scallop is cemented permanently to the substrate it attaches to. This individual had a shell length of about 3 cm. It was photographed on the 8 February 2008.
File No. BG 080208 2908
©RLLord
fishinfo@guernsey.net
This humpback scallop, Chlamys distorta, is attached to the base of a granite boulder on the lower shore in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast. As an adult the right valve of this scallop is cemented permanently to the substrate it attaches to. This individual had a shell length of about 3 cm. It was photographed on the 8 February 2008. File No. BG 080208 2908 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
This humpback scallop, Chlamys distorta, is attached to the base of a granite boulder on the lower shore in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast. As an adult the right valve of this scallop is cemented permanently to the substrate it attaches to. This individual had a shell length of about 3 cm. It was photographed on the 8 February 2008.
File No. BG 080208 2908
©RLLord
fishinfo@guernsey.net
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