by MarineMumbles | Jul 5, 2020 | Species List
Spirobranchus lamarcki This is actually a species of worm but you will rarely see the worm itself (except I was lucky enough to film in the below video), because it forms a calclium carbonate stone shell around itself for protection. These white tubes often covers...
by MarineMumbles | Jul 5, 2020 | Anemones, Species List
Beadlet Anemone – Actinia equina Beadlet anemones are one of the most common species you will find on your local rockyshore. They mostly red, but can vary in colour from brown to yellow. When closed they look like a small red blob, but in the water they...
by MarineMumbles | Jul 4, 2020 | Shells Attached to Surfaces, Snails, Species List
Tortoise Shell Limpet – Testudinalia testudinalis As I am sure many people are, I am a big fan of tortoises! I am also a big fan of limpets, something I suppose is less common. So my oh my when I saw my first tortiose shelled limpet at Dunbar Beach in...
by MarineMumbles | Jul 4, 2020 | Fish, Species List
Two Spot Goby – Gobiosculus flavescens A fish species that looks like it belongs in the tropics rather than the uk! They can be bright colours, to almost translucent with two distinctive sports to tell it apart from other simillary sizes, fast swimming...
by MarineMumbles | Jul 4, 2020 | Other Species that move, Species List
Green Sea Urchin – Psammerchinus miliaris This has to be one of my favourite wildlife encounters, and led to perhaps my favourite underwater photo I’ve ever taken so far! The green sea urchin is a curious creature, covered in moveable spines to keep itself...
by MarineMumbles | Jul 4, 2020 | Shells Attached to Surfaces, Species List
Volcano Barnacle – Balanus perforatus I love a good barnacle, I also love a species with a cool name so a … VOLCANO BARNACLE.. thats the sort of creature I like. Names so because well they look like a volcano with much steeper sides than other...
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