Guernsey cnidaria

hydrozoa (hydroids), scyphozoa (jellyfish), and Alcyonaria (soft corals, sea fans, & sea pens)

More images of sea anemones (actiniaria) can be seen in the Belle Greve Bay gallery at http://sealord.smugmug.com/gallery/3514797#133517495

Images of jewel anemones, plumose anemones and elegant anemones, Sagartia elegans, can be viewed in the QE II marina gallery at http://sealord.smugmug.com/gallery/3514775#102060423

Images of a large number of beadlet anemones can be seen in the Sark Caves gallery at http://sealord.smugmug.com/gallery/3514757#195151167

By-the-wind sailor, Velella velella, from the Albert marina, St Peter Port, Guernsey on 2 November 2006

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By-the-wind sailor, Velella velella, from the Albert marina, St Peter Port, Guernsey on 2 November 2006

After a period of warm southerly and south-westerly winds, the weather changed. Strong colder winds came from the north-east and an easterly direction. On 2 November 2006 by-the-wind sailors entered St. Peter Port harbour on Guernsey's east coast, driven in by the wind. Commercial fisherman Clive Brown called to tell me that about 25 Velella velella were washed up on the shore near his dinghy in the harbour. I went down to the Albert marina and with a discarded coke bottle I was able to collect four Velella velella by reaching out from a pontoon. This picture shows one of them which is mirrored by the water's surface. Photo taken with a Canon S80 with underwater housing.
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Sealord photography's biodiversity images began with a focus on international commercial seafood species and the marine life of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Great Britain.

Sealord photography has a growing collection of digital images covering climate change, the environment and sustainability issues.

Sealord photography also covers the Guernsey community and particularly the fund raising activities of Guernsey charities as part of the island's social sustainability.

The fish, shellfish and marine life images would not be possible if it were not for the generosity of commercial and recreational fishermen in Guernsey, and seafood suppliers at various trade shows in the USA, and wholesalers at Fulton Fish Market in New York City.

Many marine biologists have helped identify or confirm the identity of marine species photographed. These people have been mentioned when possible.

Please email: sealord@me.com or sustainableguernsey@gmail.com if you have any questions or comments about Sealord photography. Thank you. Richard Lord

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Sealord photography focuses on three themes:

Biodiversity with an emphasis on marine life

Sustainability relating to construction & urban development; energy; food; transport; and waste.

The Guernsey community

Guernsey cnidaria