Solent-Jul2011
A Seasearch day in the East Solent with HWT
Utopia rMCZSponges and anemones on the Utopia reef |
Utopia rMCZRetracted DMF (Alcyonium digitatum), sponges, worms, hydroids - it's all here...! |
Utopia rMCZChimney sponge - Polymastia penicillus |
Utopia rMCZBIG beautiful edible crab (Cancer pagurus) lurking under Flustra foliacea |
Utopia rMCZA pair of hedgehogs (Polymastia boletiformis) |
Utopia rMCZStyela clava seasquirt covered in Botryllus schlosseri colonial acsidians |
Utopia rMCZPurse sponge (Scypha/Scyon ciliata) and some stubby little Raspailia ramosa almost invisible in the silt |
Ethel LedgesLots of algae on this dive, to the exclusion of almost everything else... (Halurus flosculosus, Dictyota dichotoma and Calliblepharis ciliata) |
Ethel LedgesMore algae, including the iridescent Cryptopleura ramosa |
Ethel LedgesParticularly well-endowed Calliblepharis ciliata |
Ethel LedgesSnakelocks anemone (Anemonia viridis) |
Ethel LedgesSargassum muticum (Smut!) |
Ethel LedgesGracilaria sp. |
Ethel LedgesBit of everything here! |
Ethel LedgesThis dive site is definitely an exercise in algae-spotting... |