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A close-up view of zooids of the bryozoan, Flustrellidra hispida, which was growing on the surface of the brown seaweed, serrated wrack, Fucus serratus, at La Valette on Guernsey's east coast on 1 August 2003. Some of the zooids have extended their lophophores (bell-shaped ring of ciliated tentacles) to feed. File No. 010803 13-682 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
This attractive nudibranch, Polycera faeroensis, was photographed by hanging over the edge of a pontoon in the Queen Elizabeth 2 marina in St. Peter Port harbour on 26 September 2006. This is the first time I have seen this species in the marina. Previously I have seen this species in crab pots off Guernsey's south coast. File No. 260906 4-863 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
This sea slug, Berthella plumula, was photographed at La Valette on Guernsey's east coast. Whereas many sea slugs visit the Guernsey shore seasonally to lay eggs this slug is seen on the shore at all times of year. I have seen it on every trip to the shore. It is usually found dry under a boulder or cobble and looks like a drop of jelly. The rhinophores are rarely visible. The body is covered in a reticulated pattern and there is a transparent area in the middle of the slug, which is said to resemble an excurrent opening (osculum) of the sponge it feeds on. This is thought to be the sponge, Oscarella sp., although some early researchers have written that the slug feeds on the star ascidian, Botryllus schlosseri. File No. 23-643 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
The velvet swimming crab, Necora puber, is called a lady crab in Guernsey. These red-eyed crabs are fast moving and aggressive except during copulation when couples can be touched without any reaction. Necora puber lives under boulders and cobbles and will quickly move away when a stone is turned over. This individual was under a cobble in the cobble field to the east of what I call 'overhang gully' at La Valette on Guernsey's east coast. Photographed on the 29 April 2006. File No. 290406 0111 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
A feather duster worm, Sabella spallanzani, opening up under a pontoon in the Queen Elizabeth 2 marina, St. Peter Port harbour, Guernsey, Channel Islands, Great Britain. Photographed on 16 August 2005. File No. 13-788 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
scale worm 17 smg
paddleworm eggs Phyllodoce maculata 040303 30-638 smg
This moribund Nereis ragworm was collected from the shore at La Valette on Guernsey's east coast. The worm was lying in a shore stream in the open and was vulnerable to sea bird predation. It had most likely spawned recently. File no. 24-666 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
feather duster Sabella spallanzanii fish quay 170703 34-680 smg
A close-up view of zooids of the bryozoan, Flustrellidra hispida, which was growing on the surface of the brown seaweed, serrated wrack, Fucus serratus, at La Valette on Guernsey's east coast on 1 August 2003. Some of the zooids have extended their lophophores (bell-shaped ring of ciliated tentacles) to feed.
File No. 010803 13-682
©RLLord
fishinfo@guernsey.net
A close-up view of zooids of the bryozoan, Flustrellidra hispida, which was growing on the surface of the brown seaweed, serrated wrack, Fucus serratus, at La Valette on Guernsey's east coast on 1 August 2003. Some of the zooids have extended their lophophores (bell-shaped ring of ciliated tentacles) to feed. File No. 010803 13-682 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
A close-up view of zooids of the bryozoan, Flustrellidra hispida, which was growing on the surface of the brown seaweed, serrated wrack, Fucus serratus, at La Valette on Guernsey's east coast on 1 August 2003. Some of the zooids have extended their lophophores (bell-shaped ring of ciliated tentacles) to feed.
File No. 010803 13-682
©RLLord
fishinfo@guernsey.net
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