sealord > I need to confirm the identification of this anemone, which was in a pool on the floor of the Mouton cave on Sark's west coast.  I think it is Sagartia. Unfortunately, I didn't look at the column to confirm identification.
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sealord > At low water a painted topshell, Calliostoma zizyphinum, nestles in the stems of the athecate hydroid, Tubularia indivisa, on a wall of the Gouliot Caves on the west coast of Sark, Bailiwick of Guernsey, Channel Islands,
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sealord > Sark's Seashore Caves >  Botryllus schlosseri Gouliot caves 120907 948 smg
sealord > The breadcrumb sponge, Halichondria panicea, can appear green or orange.  It grows on the walls of the Gouliot cave system in Sark, Bailiwick of Guernsey.  The Gouliot Caves were designated a RAMSAR site in April 2007.  This cave system can be visited on foot during big low spring tides. Photographed on the 12 September 2007.
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sealord > This image shows a part of the Gouliot cave system on Sark's west coast. To give a sense of scale a man is walking into the entrance of the cave on the left.  Because this was a time exposed image the man's outline is not clear and his head is not visible.  Photographed on the 12 September 2007.
File No. 120907 973
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sealord > A natural tunnel runs through the Mouton headland on Sark's west coast.  This image was taken by holding down the camera on the top of a boulder and using a 13 second time exposure.
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sealord > Some of the vertical walls of the Gouliot cave system on the west coast of Sark, Bailiwick of Guernsey, Channel Islands are carpeted with beadlet anemones, Actinia equina.  The green anemones are considered by some researchers to be a separate species, Actinia prasina. Sark's Gouliot cave system was designated a RAMSAR site in April 2007.

Photographed on the 12 September 2007.
File No. 120907 934
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sealord > Sark's Seashore Caves >  Mouton cave Simon Bradshaw 120907 826 smg
I need to confirm the identification of this anemone, which was in a pool on the floor of the Mouton cave on Sark's west coast. I think it is Sagartia. Unfortunately, I didn't look at the column to confirm identification.
File No. 120907 852
©RLLord
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sealord > I need to confirm the identification of this anemone, which was in a pool on the floor of the Mouton cave on Sark's west coast.  I think it is Sagartia. Unfortunately, I didn't look at the column to confirm identification.
File No. 120907 852
©RLLord
fishinfo@guernsey.net
I need to confirm the identification of this anemone, which was in a pool on the floor of the Mouton cave on Sark's west coast. I think it is Sagartia. Unfortunately, I didn't look at the column to confirm identification.
File No. 120907 852
©RLLord
fishinfo@guernsey.net
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