Fish Quay pontoons in St. Peter Port harbour, Guernsey

Marine life living on the fish quay pontoons in St. Peter Port harbour, Guernsey, Channel Islands, Great Britain

In ten to fifteen minutes I found eight Facelina auriculata sea slugs on the north side of a pontoon next to the concrete fish quay in St. Peter Port harbour. This nudibranch was identified by Dr. Bernard Picton who is with the Sciences Division at the Ulster Folk & Transport Museum. The sea slug is thin-bodied. It possesses a long thin tail. The cerata along the dorsal surface are grouped in bunches.<br />
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I found also at the same time one coil of white eggs attached to Laminaria seaweed growing from the pontoon. <br />
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The sea temperature in St. Peter Port harbour during the last week has been about 10.5 degrees Celsius.<br />
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Photographed with a Canon S80 compact digital camera in an underwater housing at 1140 on the 9 March 2007.<br />
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File No. 090307 6957<br />
©RLLord<br />
fishinfo@guernsey.net

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In ten to fifteen minutes I found eight Facelina auriculata sea slugs on the north side of a pontoon next to the concrete fish quay in St. Peter Port harbour. This nudibranch was identified by Dr. Bernard Picton who is with the Sciences Division at the Ulster Folk & Transport Museum. The sea slug is thin-bodied. It possesses a long thin tail. The cerata along the dorsal surface are grouped in bunches.

I found also at the same time one coil of white eggs attached to Laminaria seaweed growing from the pontoon.

The sea temperature in St. Peter Port harbour during the last week has been about 10.5 degrees Celsius.

Photographed with a Canon S80 compact digital camera in an underwater housing at 1140 on the 9 March 2007.

File No. 090307 6957
©RLLord
fishinfo@guernsey.net

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Fish Quay pontoons in St. Peter Port harbour, Guernsey