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

Since first discovering the invasive bryozoan, Watersipora subtorquata, in St. Peter Port harbour, Guernsey in June 2007 the colonies have multiplied and spread remarkably rapidly. A punctured blue plastic bucket was bobbing up and down next to one of the fish quay pontoons. One side of the bucket had a sheet of Watersipora sp. covering an area of about 15 by 20 cm. The living part of the colony is orange. I believe the black portion of the colony represents the skeletons of dead zooids. Photographed on the 21 September 2007 with a Canon A640 digital camera in an underwater housing.<br />
File No. 210907 1136<br />
©RLLord<br />
fishinfo@guernsey.net

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Since first discovering the invasive bryozoan, Watersipora subtorquata, in St. Peter Port harbour, Guernsey in June 2007 the colonies have multiplied and spread remarkably rapidly. A punctured blue plastic bucket was bobbing up and down next to one of the fish quay pontoons. One side of the bucket had a sheet of Watersipora sp. covering an area of about 15 by 20 cm. The living part of the colony is orange. I believe the black portion of the colony represents the skeletons of dead zooids. Photographed on the 21 September 2007 with a Canon A640 digital camera in an underwater housing.
File No. 210907 1136
©RLLord
fishinfo@guernsey.net

watersipora fish quay st. Peter Port harbour invasive species bryozoa bryozoan colony channel islands english channel british marine life Guernsey nonnative marine invertebrate sea life 21 September 2007

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Fish Quay pontoons in St. Peter Port harbour, Guernsey