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sealord > Fish Quay pontoons in St. Peter Port harbour, Guernsey > Urticina felina Fish Quay pontoon 271207 2179 smg
sealord > Fish Quay pontoons in St. Peter Port harbour, Guernsey > Alcyonium hibernicum Fish Quay pontoon 271207 2136 smg
sealord > Fish Quay pontoons in St. Peter Port harbour, Guernsey > Alcyonium glomeratum Fish Quay pontoon 271207 2162 smg
sealord > Fish Quay pontoons in St. Peter Port harbour, Guernsey > Alcyonium hibernicum fish quay 210907 1074 smg 2
sealord > The dahlia anemone, Urticina felina, grows attached to the side of some of the fish quay pontoons in St. Peter Port harbour, Guernsey, Channel Islands. The dahlia anemone is constantly immersed in the sea as the pontoons rise and fall with the tide. The pontoons attached to the fish quay are bathed in fresh seawater entering the harbour mouth. I have not seen dahlia anemones in the QE II marina, which is separated from the sea by a weir at low tide. File No. 210907 1116 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
sealord > At low water I photographed these withdrawn plumose anemones, Metridium senile, located in a recess of a wall in the Gouliot caves, Sark. These anemones are found at the base of the cave wall whereas the beadlet anemones, Actinia equina, are found higher up the wall as they are on the open seashore. These plumose anemones probably don't tolerate as well as the beadlet anemones the fast water flow through the cave system so they are found only in recesses and depressions in the cave wall. Photographed on 12 September 2007. File No. 120907 896 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
sealord > This image shows at low tide a small area of one of the vertical walls of the Gouliot cave system on Sark's west coast. The walls are covered in the beadlet anemone, Actinia equina. The Gouliot Caves were designated a RAMSAR site in April 2007. Photographed on the 12 September 2007. File No. 120907 893 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
sealord > This expanded beadlet anemone, Actinia equina, was in a large pebble and cobble filled pool in the Gouliot cave system on the west coast of Sark, Channel Islands, Great Britain. The Gouliot caves that are filled with seawater at high tide run through the Gouliot headland. They are famous for their large population of closely spaced beadlet anemones. Sark's Gouliot caves were made a RAMSAR site in April 2007. File No. 120907 952 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
sealord > The beautiful anemone prawn, Periclimenes sagittifer, is usually found subtidally in Channel Island waters. The individual in this photograph was found intertidally in Belle Greve Bay on the 20 March 2007. I found it on a grey snakelocks anemone, Anemonia viridis, under a boulder in a shallow tide pool. For photography I placed it on a green snakelocks anemone. These shrimp have a commensal relationship with these sea anemones. They seem to be quite common subtidally but this is the first specimen I have seen intertidally. Another image of this individual is in the 'Guernsey crustacea' gallery in the 'Nature' category. Many more images of this specimen are on file including close-up images. File No. BG 200307 19-891 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
Urticina felina Fish Quay pontoon 271207 2179 smg
Fish Quay pontoons in St. Peter Port harbour, Guernsey > Urticina felina Fish Quay pontoon 271207 2179 smg
Urticina felina Fish Quay pontoon 271207 2179 smg
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