sealord > Fish Quay pontoons in St. Peter Port harbour, Guernsey >  Alcyonium hibernicum fish quay 210907 1074 smg 2
sealord > This large, beautiful colony of Alcyonium glomeratum grows between the ends of two pontoons attached to the fish quay in St. Peter Port harbour, Guernsey, Channel Islands.  Photographed on the 9 March 2007
File No. 090307 6978
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sealord > Pink colonies of the soft coral, Alcyonium hibernicum, growing on the side of a metal pontoon float attached to the fish quay in St. Peter Port harbour, Guernsey, Channel Islands, Great Britain.  The pontoons were placed in the sea about three years ago. 

Species identification was made by Dr. Bernard Picton from Northern Ireland and Professor Katherine McFadden from Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California.
Photographed with a Canon S80 digital camera with an underwater housing on 19 December 2006.
File No. 191206 4979
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sealord > Fish Quay pontoons in St. Peter Port harbour, Guernsey >  Alcyonium glomeratum CB pots 160403 cu 3-657 smg
sealord > Fish Quay pontoons in St. Peter Port harbour, Guernsey >  Alcyonium glomeratum QE II marina 190904 24-753 smg
sealord > Fish Quay pontoons in St. Peter Port harbour, Guernsey >  Alcyonium glomeratum CB pots 160403 36-656 smg
Alcyonium hibernicum fish quay 210907 1074 smg 2
Fish Quay pontoons in St. Peter Port harbour, Guernsey >  Alcyonium hibernicum fish quay 210907 1074 smg 2
Alcyonium hibernicum fish quay 210907 1074 smg 2
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