This sea potato, Echinocardium cordatum, was accidentally unearthed by recreational bait digger Sam Robbins who was looking for worms and razor clams in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast. This sea potato was found quite close to a patch of eel grass, which they are sometimes associated with. The echinoderm was quick to rebury itself in the sand. They live in a burrow usually about 15 cm underneath the surface of the sand. Photographed on 1 February 2006.
File No. 32-809
©RLLord
fishinfo@guernsey.net

This sea potato, Echinocardium cordatum, was accidentally unearthed by recreational bait digger Sam Robbins who was looking for worms and razor clams in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast. This sea potato was found quite close to a patch of eel grass, which they are sometimes associated with. The echinoderm was quick to rebury itself in the sand. They live in a burrow usually about 15 cm underneath the surface of the sand. Photographed on 1 February 2006.
File No. 32-809
©RLLord
fishinfo@guernsey.net