sealord > A close-up view of zooids of the bryozoan, Flustrellidra hispida, which was growing on the surface of the brown seaweed, serrated wrack, Fucus serratus, at La Valette on Guernsey's east coast on 1 August 2003.  Some of the zooids have extended their lophophores (bell-shaped ring of ciliated tentacles) to feed.
File No. 010803 13-682
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sealord > The ctenostomatid bryozoan Flustrellidra hispida growing on the brown seaweed, serrated wrack, Fucus serratus.  The close-up image shows the kenozooid spines and the expanded feeding lophophores.  Collected from La Valette on Guernsey's east coast on 1 August 2003.
File No. 010803 13-682 
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sealord > The eye of an abalone or ormer, Haliotis tuberculata, peering out from under its shell.  The mantle is fringed with green tentacles. Guernsey ormers are a seafood delicacy.  Recreational harvesters gather them from the shore during daylight hours during the days of the new or full moon and the two days following during the first four months of the year. All ormers must have a shell length of at least 80 mm to be retained.
File no.  23-667
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sealord > A netted dog whelk, Hinia reticulata, crawling along the Guernsey seashore on 16 April 2003.
File No. 160403 21-665 
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sealord > The feather duster worm, Sabella spallanzanii, grows in abundance under the pontoons of Guernsey's east coast marinas. This individual, with its feeding tentacles extended, was photographed in Beaucette marina on Guernsey's north-east coast on 31 August 2005.
File No. 33-790
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sealord > This image shows the eggs of the red ribbon worm, Lineus ruber, in a gelatinous tube. The tube was attached to the base of a boulder located near the top of the shore in Havelet Bay on the southern edge of St. Peter Port on Guernsey's east coast.  Individual sand grains can be seen to the right of the eggs.  The horizontal field of view is about 13 mm. The reddish pink bivalve clam on the right could be Lasaea rubra.  Photographed on 8 March 2004.
File No. 7-721
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sealord > A gunnel, Pholis gunnellus, from Cow Bay near the entrance to St. Peter Port harbour. Gunnels are called butterfish in Guernsey because they are very difficult to pick-up due to their long slippery body.
File No. 8-734
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sealord > The ascidian, Sidnyum turbinatum, photographed in a shallow tide pool at Albecq on Guernsey's west coast on 9 June 2005.
File No. 8-778
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sealord > The compound star ascidian, Botryllus schlosseri, from the Queen Elizabeth 2 marina, St. Peter Port, Guernsey.  The oral tentacles in the oral siphons can be seen clearly.
Photographed on 3 September 2005.
File No. 33-793
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A close-up view of zooids of the bryozoan, Flustrellidra hispida, which was growing on the surface of the brown seaweed, serrated wrack, Fucus serratus, at La Valette on Guernsey's east coast on 1 August 2003. Some of the zooids have extended their lophophores (bell-shaped ring of ciliated tentacles) to feed.
File No. 010803 13-682
©RLLord
fishinfo@guernsey.net
sealord > A close-up view of zooids of the bryozoan, Flustrellidra hispida, which was growing on the surface of the brown seaweed, serrated wrack, Fucus serratus, at La Valette on Guernsey's east coast on 1 August 2003.  Some of the zooids have extended their lophophores (bell-shaped ring of ciliated tentacles) to feed.
File No. 010803 13-682
©RLLord
fishinfo@guernsey.net
A close-up view of zooids of the bryozoan, Flustrellidra hispida, which was growing on the surface of the brown seaweed, serrated wrack, Fucus serratus, at La Valette on Guernsey's east coast on 1 August 2003. Some of the zooids have extended their lophophores (bell-shaped ring of ciliated tentacles) to feed.
File No. 010803 13-682
©RLLord
fishinfo@guernsey.net
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