A selection of marine life found in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast.
Top row left to right: 
sea anemone prawn, Periclimenes sagittifer, found on the snakelocks anemone, Anemonia viridis, in Belle Greve Bay on the 20 March 2007.
The nudibranch, Janolus hyalinus, found under a boulder covered in crustose coralline algae in a mid-shore tide pool on the 17 February 2007; and a masked crab, Corystes cassivelaunus, dug up from the beach and photographed on the 20 February 2007.
Middle row left to right:
A sand goby, Pomatoschistus minutus, buried in the sand and photographed on the 20 February 2007; a candy-striped flatworm, Prostheceraeus vittatus, photographed in a tide pool on the 5 February 2007; and a female worm pipefish, Nerophis lumbriciformis.
Bottom row left to right: long-spined sea scorpion (a
sculpin), Taurulus bubalis, photographed in a tide pool on the 4 February 2007; the nudibranch, Hermaea bifida photographed on the 15 February 2006; and a stalked jellyfish, Haliclystus auricula, attached to eel grass, Zostera marina and photographed on the 5 November 2006.
A similar image to the one before of a five-bearded rockling, Ciliata mustela, found in Belle Greve Bay on the 4 February 2007.  This image shows the sensory first dorsal fin, which contains large numbers of 'tasting cells'.  The rays of the first dorsal fin continually oscillate to create a water current which can be 'tasted'.
File No. 040207 6376
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This fan mussel, Atrina fragilis, was caught accidentally in 54 fathoms of water off the south-east coast of Sark in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Channel Islands, Great Britain on 30 January 2007.  It has a shell length of 23.0 cm and a maximum shell width of 12.83 cm.  The live animal was measured with the valves closed.  The thickness of the two shells or valves is 5.04 cm.  The whole animal drained of water weighs 293 grams.  Keelworms and two colonies of dead-man's fingers, Alcyonium digitatum, grow on one of the valves. It was returned to the sea alive.
File No. 300107 5874
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The Columbus crab, Planes minutus, was given to me by Guernsey commercial fisherman Chris Marquis on 14 December 2006.  He found the crab living on a buoy covered in goose barnacles, which was floating near Herm and Sark in the Bailiwick of Guernsey.  This crab was photographed hanging upside down on a cuttlebone.  The crab likes to float near the water's surface and becomes distressed if it accidentally falls off its float.
File No. 141206 26-871
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This Columbus crab, Planes minutus, was given to me by Guernsey commercial crab fisherman, Chris Marquis, who found it on a float covered with goose barnacles, Lepas anatifera, on 14 December 2006 near the islands of Herm and Sark in the Bailiwick of Guernsey. This individual was similarly coloured to Columbus crabs washed up on the south coast of England at the same time.  This colour pattern differs to Columbus crabs that had arrived in Guernsey waters in previous years.  This individual was photographed on a floating cuttlebone.
File No. 141206 21-871
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This sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus, was given to me by "Out of Blue" charter boat owner Richard Seager who landed it attached to a bass, Dicentrarchus labrax.  I photographed it in my aquarium before returning it alive to the sea.
File No. 24-774
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This sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus, was given to me to photograph by charter boat owner Richard Seager who was fishing for bass, Dicentrarchus labrax, on his boat, Out of Blue. This lamprey was attached to a bass when it was captured.  It was photographed in my aquarium and then returned to the sea.
File No. 30-774
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dog whelk, Nucella lapillus, egg cases attached to the wall of a crevice on the Guernsey seashore.
File No. 32-537
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terebellid worm from Markwick crab pot 11-476 smg
A selection of marine life found in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast.
Top row left to right:
sea anemone prawn, Periclimenes sagittifer, found on the snakelocks anemone, Anemonia viridis, in Belle Greve Bay on the 20 March 2007.
The nudibranch, Janolus hyalinus, found under a boulder covered in crustose coralline algae in a mid-shore tide pool on the 17 February 2007; and a masked crab, Corystes cassivelaunus, dug up from the beach and photographed on the 20 February 2007.
Middle row left to right:
A sand goby, Pomatoschistus minutus, buried in the sand and photographed on the 20 February 2007; a candy-striped flatworm, Prostheceraeus vittatus, photographed in a tide pool on the 5 February 2007; and a female worm pipefish, Nerophis lumbriciformis.
Bottom row left to right: long-spined sea scorpion (a
sculpin), Taurulus bubalis, photographed in a tide pool on the 4 February 2007; the nudibranch, Hermaea bifida photographed on the 15 February 2006; and a stalked jellyfish, Haliclystus auricula, attached to eel grass, Zostera marina and photographed on the 5 November 2006.
A selection of marine life found in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast.
Top row left to right: 
sea anemone prawn, Periclimenes sagittifer, found on the snakelocks anemone, Anemonia viridis, in Belle Greve Bay on the 20 March 2007.
The nudibranch, Janolus hyalinus, found under a boulder covered in crustose coralline algae in a mid-shore tide pool on the 17 February 2007; and a masked crab, Corystes cassivelaunus, dug up from the beach and photographed on the 20 February 2007.
Middle row left to right:
A sand goby, Pomatoschistus minutus, buried in the sand and photographed on the 20 February 2007; a candy-striped flatworm, Prostheceraeus vittatus, photographed in a tide pool on the 5 February 2007; and a female worm pipefish, Nerophis lumbriciformis.
Bottom row left to right: long-spined sea scorpion (a
sculpin), Taurulus bubalis, photographed in a tide pool on the 4 February 2007; the nudibranch, Hermaea bifida photographed on the 15 February 2006; and a stalked jellyfish, Haliclystus auricula, attached to eel grass, Zostera marina and photographed on the 5 November 2006.
A selection of marine life found in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast.
Top row left to right:
sea anemone prawn, Periclimenes sagittifer, found on the snakelocks anemone, Anemonia viridis, in Belle Greve Bay on the 20 March 2007.
The nudibranch, Janolus hyalinus, found under a boulder covered in crustose coralline algae in a mid-shore tide pool on the 17 February 2007; and a masked crab, Corystes cassivelaunus, dug up from the beach and photographed on the 20 February 2007.
Middle row left to right:
A sand goby, Pomatoschistus minutus, buried in the sand and photographed on the 20 February 2007; a candy-striped flatworm, Prostheceraeus vittatus, photographed in a tide pool on the 5 February 2007; and a female worm pipefish, Nerophis lumbriciformis.
Bottom row left to right: long-spined sea scorpion (a
sculpin), Taurulus bubalis, photographed in a tide pool on the 4 February 2007; the nudibranch, Hermaea bifida photographed on the 15 February 2006; and a stalked jellyfish, Haliclystus auricula, attached to eel grass, Zostera marina and photographed on the 5 November 2006.
See photo in original gallery.