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sealord > These sea anemones, Actinothoe sphyrodeta, grow on the side of the pontoon on the inside of the arm of the fish quay. Some people have given them the common name "fried egg anemone". They can resemble the anemone Sagartia elegans but they don't possess suckers on the column. The column has pale stripes. This can be seen on the anemone in the extreme lower left of the image. These anemones were photographed on the 8 June 2007. File No. 080607 384 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
sealord > This colony of Ectopleura hydroids was photographed in the Queen Elizabeth 2 marina, St. Peter Port harbour, Guernsey on 1 June 2006. According to Dr. Peter Schuchert from the Muséum d'histoire naturelle in Geneva (who is an authority on these animals) this species is most likely Ectopleura larynx but it could be Ectopleura crocea. The two species are difficult to tell apart in the field. E. crocea is the rarer of the two species. These hydroids grow on the darker side of the pontoons close to the mouth of the marina. Dr. Shuchert tells me that similar species in the genus Tubularia have no collar under the hydranth body. A collar is clearly present in the hydranth in the upper right corner of the image so these animals are in the genus Ectopleura. File no. 010606 33-853 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
sealord > This gem anemone, Aulactinia verrucosa, was photographed in a tide pool at La Valette on Guernsey's east coast on 8 June 2005. Gem anemones are species of the upper seashore. Beadlet anemones also live at a high level on the shore. Many beadlet anemones live on open rock faces. They can prosper in areas exposed to air for hours each day. Gem anemones, on the other hand, live in upper shore rock pools. They need moisture. Although they can withdrawn their tentacles into their column they do not tolerate desiccation. Gem anemones live predominately in pools with crustose and erect coralline algae. File No. 080605 4-777 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
sealord > Dead-man's fingers, Alcyonium digitatum, attach to the base and the corners of the shaded side of the pontoon closest to the mouth of the Queen Elizabeth 2 marina, St. Peter Port, Guernsey. Photographed on 16 September 2006. File No. 160906 34113 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
sealord > A jewel anemone, Corynactis viridis, from the Queen Elizabeth II Marina, St. Peter Port harbour, Guernsey, Channel Islands, Great Britain. Jewel anemones live on the dark (east) side of the pontoon closest to the marina wall and the marina entrance where the salinity of the seawater is closet to that of the surrounding sea. Photographed on 25 August 2003 File No. 250803 23-700 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
sealord > A blue daisy anemone, Cereus pedunculatus, from the seashore at La Valette on Guernsey's east coast. This species was attached to the base of a rock. The column can elongate and contract remarkably. The column often has shell debris attached to it. This species is more common on the beach to the north of La Valette in Belle Greve Bay near bedrock. The anemone attaches to the bedrock and the column elongates so that the crown of tentacles protrude and lies flat on the surface of the sand. Photographed in March 2003. File No. 21-640 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
sealord > The jellyfish, Pelagia noctiluca, found in a rock pool near the Lihou Island Causeway on the west coast of Guernsey. I have seen this species in small numbers in Guernsey waters only in April. It is found stranded on both Guernsey's west and east coast depending on the wind and tide. I have not seen it every year. Photographed on 7 April 2004 File No. 18-727 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
These sea anemones, Actinothoe sphyrodeta, grow on the side of the pontoon on the inside of the arm of the fish quay. Some people have given them the common name "fried egg anemone". They can resemble the anemone Sagartia elegans but they don't possess suckers on the column. The column has pale stripes. This can be seen on the anemone in the extreme lower left of the image. These anemones were photographed on the 8 June 2007.
File No. 080607 384
©RLLord
fishinfo@guernsey.net
sealord > These sea anemones, Actinothoe sphyrodeta, grow on the side of the pontoon on the inside of the arm of the fish quay. Some people have given them the common name "fried egg anemone". They can resemble the anemone Sagartia elegans but they don't possess suckers on the column. The column has pale stripes. This can be seen on the anemone in the extreme lower left of the image. These anemones were photographed on the 8 June 2007. File No. 080607 384 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
These sea anemones, Actinothoe sphyrodeta, grow on the side of the pontoon on the inside of the arm of the fish quay. Some people have given them the common name "fried egg anemone". They can resemble the anemone Sagartia elegans but they don't possess suckers on the column. The column has pale stripes. This can be seen on the anemone in the extreme lower left of the image. These anemones were photographed on the 8 June 2007.
File No. 080607 384
©RLLord
fishinfo@guernsey.net
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