sealord > Fish Quay pontoons in St. Peter Port harbour, Guernsey >  Alcyonium digitatum Fish Quay pontoon 271207 2220 smg
sealord > This fan mussel, Atrina fragilis, was caught accidentally in 54 fathoms of water off the south-east coast of Sark in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Channel Islands, Great Britain on 30 January 2007.  It has a shell length of 23.0 cm and a maximum shell width of 12.83 cm.  The live animal was measured with the valves closed.  The thickness of the two shells or valves is 5.04 cm.  The whole animal drained of water weighs 293 grams.  Keelworms and two colonies of dead-man's fingers, Alcyonium digitatum, grow on one of the valves. It was returned to the sea alive.
File No. 300107 5874
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sealord > Dead-man's fingers, Alcyonium digitatum, attach to the base and the corners of the shaded side of the pontoon closest to the mouth of the Queen Elizabeth 2 marina, St. Peter Port, Guernsey.  Photographed on 16 September 2006.  File No. 160906 34113
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Alcyonium digitatum Fish Quay pontoon 271207 2220 smg
Fish Quay pontoons in St. Peter Port harbour, Guernsey >  Alcyonium digitatum Fish Quay pontoon 271207 2220 smg
Alcyonium digitatum Fish Quay pontoon 271207 2220 smg
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