Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast

Marine life found in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast. Guernsey is the second largest island in the Channel Islands located between England and France. The gallery begins with general views of the bay followed by major groups of animals including sponges, cnidarians, worms, crustaceans, molluscs, echinoderms, ascidians, fishes and ending with some algae.

Large Pacific oyster attached by one valve to the substrate in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast

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Large Pacific oyster attached by one valve to the substrate in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast

I believe this large oyster is the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas. It had a width of between 10 and 12 cm. It was fixed to bedrock in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast. It was photographed on the 20th February 2007.

Pacific oysters grow commercially a few miles away. This wild oyster most likely derived from the reproduction of the farmed oysters nearby. Photographed on the 20th February 2007.

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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.

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Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast