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,
File No. 120907 944
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sealord > Sark's Seashore Caves >  Botryllus schlosseri Gouliot caves 120907 948 smg
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 At low water I photographed these withdrawn plumose anemones, Metridium senile, located in a recess of a wall in the Gouliot caves, Sark.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 
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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.
File No. 120907 967
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sealord > The sponge, Pachymatisma johnstonia, grows on a wall of the Gouliot caves on Sark's west coast.  I visited the cave system during a low spring tide on the 12 September 2007.  The Gouliot Caves were designated a RAMSAR site in April 2007.
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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
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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,
File No. 120907 944
©RLLord
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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,
File No. 120907 944
©RLLord
fishinfo@guernsey.net
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,
File No. 120907 944
©RLLord
fishinfo@guernsey.net
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