sealord > A sea potato, Echinocardium cordatum, begins to bury itself into the beach in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast.  This sea potato was unearthed by bait digger Sam Robins while he was searching for razor clams.  The sea potato was placed back on the sand in a shallow pool.  It quickly buried itself and disappeared from view.  This image was taken with a compact digital Canon S80 with an underwater housing.

Photographed on 20 February 2007.
File No. BG 200207 6627
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sealord > A sea potato, Echinocardium cordatum, begins to bury itself in the beach in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast on 20 February 2007.  This echinoderm was brought up to the surface of the beach by a bait digger searching for razor clams.  The animal was placed in a pool on the beach and within a few minutes it had completely buried itself.

File No. BG 200207 6624 
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sealord > Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast >  Echinocardium cordatum BG 200207 6630 smg
sealord > Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast >  Echinocardium cordatum BG 200207 6710 smg
sealord > Guernsey molluscs >  ormer mouth Haliotis tuberculata 32-633 smg
sealord > The posterior end of a Guernsey abalone or ormer, Haliotis tuberculata, showing the shell spiral and the mantle's green tentacles.
File No. 22-667 
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sealord > This ribbon worm, Lineus bilineatus, has a clear two colour band running down the length of the body.
File No. 19-321
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sealord > Guernsey molluscs >  Dosinia lupinus 29-445 smg
sealord > A young ormer, Haliotis tuberculata, crawling under a rock, which is partially covered by sponge.  The ormer or abalone has a shell length of 5 cm.  Ormers may be harvested from the Guernsey seashore on the days of a full or a new moon and the two following days between 1 January and 30 April. All harvested ormers must have a shell length of 8 cm or more.
Photographed on 1 April 2006.
File No. 010406 701
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A sea potato, Echinocardium cordatum, begins to bury itself into the beach in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast. This sea potato was unearthed by bait digger Sam Robins while he was searching for razor clams. The sea potato was placed back on the sand in a shallow pool. It quickly buried itself and disappeared from view. This image was taken with a compact digital Canon S80 with an underwater housing.

Photographed on 20 February 2007.
File No. BG 200207 6627
©RLLord
fishinfo@guernsey.net
sealord > A sea potato, Echinocardium cordatum, begins to bury itself into the beach in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast.  This sea potato was unearthed by bait digger Sam Robins while he was searching for razor clams.  The sea potato was placed back on the sand in a shallow pool.  It quickly buried itself and disappeared from view.  This image was taken with a compact digital Canon S80 with an underwater housing.

Photographed on 20 February 2007.
File No. BG 200207 6627
©RLLord
fishinfo@guernsey.net
A sea potato, Echinocardium cordatum, begins to bury itself into the beach in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast. This sea potato was unearthed by bait digger Sam Robins while he was searching for razor clams. The sea potato was placed back on the sand in a shallow pool. It quickly buried itself and disappeared from view. This image was taken with a compact digital Canon S80 with an underwater housing.

Photographed on 20 February 2007.
File No. BG 200207 6627
©RLLord
fishinfo@guernsey.net
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