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sealord > This egg deposit from the nudibranch Aeolidia papillosa was attached to the side of a boulder. The boulder was turned for the photograph. The egg deposit was photographed dry whereas in the previous image another Aeolidia papillosa egg deposit was photographed underwater. There were two adult Aeolidia papillosa in the vicinity of this egg deposit, which was located close to the Guernsey end of the Lihou Island causeway. File No. 090509 3882 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
sealord > This image shows a deposit of eggs of the nudibranch Aeolidia papillosa. Two adult Aeolidia papillosa nudibranchs were seen in the proximity of two deposits of Aeolidia papillosa eggs on the upper shore near the Guernsey end of the Lihou Island causeway on 9 May 2009. Aeolidia papillosa is the largest nudibranch that regularly visits the Guernsey inter-tidal area. It feeds on anemones, particularly beadlet anemones and snakelock anemones, which are both common on the Guernsey shore. File No. 090509 3857 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
sealord > These two adult Aeolidia papillosa nudibranchs were on the upper shore in a shallow pool near the Guernsey origin of the Lihou Island causeway on the afternoon of 9 May 2009. Near-by were two deposits of spawn. The spawn is photographed in the adjacent images. These nudibranchs feed on sea anemones - particularly beadlet and snakelocks anemones. There cerata on the dorsal surface retain the nematocysts or stinging cells of the anemones they consume. File No. 090509 3851 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
sealord > Lihou Island Ramsar site on Guernsey's west coast > Favorinus branchialis nudibranch Lihou 100509 ©RLLord 4079 smg
sealord > Lihou Island Ramsar site on Guernsey's west coast > Goniodoris castanea south Lihou causeway 100509 ©RLLord 4069 smg
sealord > Lihou Island Ramsar site on Guernsey's west coast > Aplysia punctata BG 140209 1802 smg
sealord > This common Guernsey sea hare, Aplysia punctata, which usually arrives on the Guernsey shore to reproduce and lay spawn in March and April is seen gliding through a tuft of red seaweed, Calliblepharis jubata. In front of its oral tentacles is a flat or purple top shell, Gibbula umbilicalis. The parapodia are edged in white as are the rhinophores and the oral tentacles. The eyes are tiny. Photographed in a rock pool in Belle Greve Bay on the 25 January 2008. File No. BG 250108 2549 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey
sealord > The sea hare, Apylsia depilans, glides along the gravel floor of a rock pool in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast. This sea hare is about 20 cm long when fully extended and weighed 162 grams. Sea hares graze on seaweeds. Aplysia punctata is common on the Guernsey shore in the spring but this species, Aplysia depilans, is seen rarely. It is a more southern species found on the Brittany coast of France. File No. BG 250108 2507 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
sealord > This nudibranch, Facelina auriculata, was one of three species of sea slug I saw feeding on the side of a pontoon attached to the fish quay in St. Peter Port harbour, Guernsey on 8 June 2007. File No. 080607 20-917 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
This egg deposit from the nudibranch Aeolidia papillosa was attached to the side of a boulder. The boulder was turned for the photograph. The egg deposit was photographed dry whereas in the previous image another Aeolidia papillosa egg deposit was photographed underwater. There were two adult Aeolidia papillosa in the vicinity of this egg deposit, which was located close to the Guernsey end of the Lihou Island causeway.

File No. 090509 3882
©RLLord
fishinfo@guernsey.net
sealord > This egg deposit from the nudibranch Aeolidia papillosa was attached to the side of a boulder. The boulder was turned for the photograph. The egg deposit was photographed dry whereas in the previous image another Aeolidia papillosa egg deposit was photographed underwater. There were two adult Aeolidia papillosa in the vicinity of this egg deposit, which was located close to the Guernsey end of the Lihou Island causeway. File No. 090509 3882 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
This egg deposit from the nudibranch Aeolidia papillosa was attached to the side of a boulder. The boulder was turned for the photograph. The egg deposit was photographed dry whereas in the previous image another Aeolidia papillosa egg deposit was photographed underwater. There were two adult Aeolidia papillosa in the vicinity of this egg deposit, which was located close to the Guernsey end of the Lihou Island causeway.

File No. 090509 3882
©RLLord
fishinfo@guernsey.net
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