sealord > A beautiful candy striped flatworm, Prostheceraeus vittatus, glides over the surface of a rock in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast.  This flatworm lives in the tide pool in the image at  http://sealord.smugmug.com/gallery/1984411#127980518 

Photographed on 5 February 2007.
file No. 050207 2-878
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sealord > A sea potato, Echinocardium cordatum, begins to bury itself into the beach in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast.  This sea potato was unearthed by bait digger Sam Robins while he was searching for razor clams.  The sea potato was placed back on the sand in a shallow pool.  It quickly buried itself and disappeared from view.  This image was taken with a compact digital Canon S80 with an underwater housing.

Photographed on 20 February 2007.
File No. BG 200207 6627
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sealord > A sea potato, Echinocardium cordatum, begins to bury itself in the beach in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast on 20 February 2007.  This echinoderm was brought up to the surface of the beach by a bait digger searching for razor clams.  The animal was placed in a pool on the beach and within a few minutes it had completely buried itself.

File No. BG 200207 6624 
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sealord > Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast >  Echinocardium cordatum BG 200207 6630 smg
sealord > The low tide of 20 February 2007 revealed eel grass, Zostera marina, beds in Belle Greve Bay.  These beds stabilise the beach.  Within and underneath these eel grass beds there are razor clams, otter shells, sea potatoes and mask crabs.  Many molluscs feed and lay their eggs on the eel grass leaves.  Sea spiders, crabs, shrimp and sea anemones live in amongst the plants.  

Photographed at 1503 on 20 February 2007.
File No. BG 200207 6617 
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sealord > Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast >  Echinocardium cordatum BG 200207 6710 smg
sealord > The aeolid sea slug, Aeolidia papilllosa, crawling along a crustose coralline algae covered boulder in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast on 5 February 2007.  This individual was about 3 cm long.  It was near some green snakelocks sea anemones, which it feeds on.
File No. 050207 6355
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sealord > The grey sea slug, Aeolidia papillosa, glides over crustose coralline algae in a mid-shore tide pool in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast on 5 February 2007.  This sea slug feeds on snakelocks anemones which live in the same tide pool.
File No. 050207 6357 
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sealord > A young bootlace worm, Lineus longissimus, measuring about half a metre long, travels over a rock surface in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast.  This ribbon worm, phylum nemertea, can grow in excess of 30 metres long.  It possesses ten to forty dark eyes on each side of the head.  

Photographed on 5 November 2006
File No. 1-869
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A beautiful candy striped flatworm, Prostheceraeus vittatus, glides over the surface of a rock in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast. This flatworm lives in the tide pool in the image at http://sealord.smugmug.com/gallery/1984411#127980518

Photographed on 5 February 2007.
file No. 050207 2-878
©RLLord
fishinfo@guernsey.net
sealord > A beautiful candy striped flatworm, Prostheceraeus vittatus, glides over the surface of a rock in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast.  This flatworm lives in the tide pool in the image at  http://sealord.smugmug.com/gallery/1984411#127980518 

Photographed on 5 February 2007.
file No. 050207 2-878
©RLLord
fishinfo@guernsey.net
A beautiful candy striped flatworm, Prostheceraeus vittatus, glides over the surface of a rock in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast. This flatworm lives in the tide pool in the image at http://sealord.smugmug.com/gallery/1984411#127980518

Photographed on 5 February 2007.
file No. 050207 2-878
©RLLord
fishinfo@guernsey.net
See photo in gallery

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