Common Name: Beadlet Anemone
Species Name: Actinia equina
Size: finger length 3-11 cm
Habitats: rock and boulders,cobbles and pebbles,wreckage
Depth: 0-10 m
Sightings: 41
Description: Beadlet Anemones are almost completely red, and occasionally green. They get their name from a ring of blue ‘beads’ running along the base of their tentacles.
Common Name: Blue Jellyfish
Species Name: Cyanea lamarckii
Size: finger tip to mid forearm 20-30 cm
Depth: 0-10 m,10-25 m,25 m
Description: The Blue Jellyfish is similar to the Lion's Mane Jellyfish, but the umbrella is a purpleish-blue colour, and the tentacles are shorter. They are common here in the BMR, and can be found in good numbers in late summer.
Common Name: Burrowing Anemone
Species Name: Cerianthus lloydii
Size: finger length 3-11 cm
Habitats: sand and gravel,mud
Depth: 10-25 m,25 m
Sightings: 2
Common Name: Cloak Anemone
Species Name: Adamsia carciniopados
Size: to first thumb joint 1.5-3 cm
Habitats: on other plants and animals
Depth: 0-10 m,10-25 m
Common Name: Comb Jelly
Species Name: Beroe cucumis
Size: finger tip to thumb joint 11-15 cm
Depth: 0-10 m,10-25 m,25 m
Description: Not technically a jellyfish, this little creature is transparent with purple lines. They are often found in large numbers inshore in the summer months.
Dahlia Anemones by Rob Mason is in copyright
Dahlia by Lawson Wood Ocean Eye Films is in copyright
Dahlia Anemone St by Lawson Wood Ocean Eye Films is in copyright
Dahlia Anemone St by Lawson Wood Ocean Eye Films is in copyright
Dahlia anemone by Lawson Wood Ocean Eye Films is in copyright
Dahlia Anemone by Katherine Dunsford is in copyright
Dahlia Anemone by Katherine Dunsford is in copyright
Common Name: Dahlia Anemone
Species Name: Urticina felina
Size: finger tip to thumb joint 11-15 cm
Habitats: rock and boulders,cobbles and pebbles,wreckage
Depth: 0-10 m,10-25 m,25 m
Sightings: 156
Description: The Dahlia Anemone is one of our most colourful and also the largest anemone found within the Reserve. Smaller individuals can be found on the lower parts of the rocky shore, sometimes enclosed and hidden beneath a blanket of small shell particles and other debris stuck to its body. Larger animals are found the deeper you go, with the largest growing up to 15cm! Did you know? Their colour patterns range from a plain pink, white, red, grey, blue or brown, to a banded combination of all colours!
Dead Men's Fingers (Alcyonium digitatum) by Lawson Wood Ocean Eye Films is in copyright
Dead Men's Fingers (Alcyonium digitatum) by Lawson Wood Ocean Eye Films is in copyright
Boulders/cobbles with Deadman fingers/sponges is licensed under CC BY 4.0
Boulders/cobbles with Deadman fingers/sponges is licensed under CC BY 4.0
Boulders/cobbles with Deadman fingers/sponges is licensed under CC BY 4.0
Grab taken on margin of boulder/outcropping rock area with dead mans fingers (DMF) is licensed under CC BY 4.0
Common Name: Dead Men's Fingers
Species Name: Alcyonium digitatum
Size: finger tip to thumb joint 11-15 cm
Habitats: rock and boulders,wreckage
Depth: 0-10 m,10-25 m,25 m
Sightings: 218
Common Name: Devonshire Cup corals
Species Name: Caryophillia smithii
Size: thumbnail-less than 1.5 cm
Habitats: rock and boulders,wreckage
Depth: 10-25 m,25 m
Common Name: Elegant Anemone
Species Name: Sagartia elegans
Size: to first thumb joint 1.5-3 cm
Habitats: rock and boulders,wreckage
Depth: 0-10 m,10-25 m,25 m
Sightings: 24
Common Name: Hermit Crab Hydroid
Species Name: Hydractinia echinata
Size: thumbnail-less than 1.5 cm
Habitats: on other plants and animals
Depth: 0-10 m,10-25 m
Common Name: Hermit-Crab Anemone
Species Name: Adamsia carciniopados
Size: thumbnail-less than 1.5 cm
Habitats: on other plants and animals
Depth: 0-10 m,10-25 m
Lion's Mane Jellyfish by Lawson Wood Ocean Eye Films is in copyright
Lion's Mane Jelly on beach by Katherine Dunsford is in copyright
Lion's Mane Jelly underside by Katherine Dunsford is in copyright
Common Name: Lion's Mane Jellyfish
Species Name: Cyanea capillata
Size: finger tip to shoulder 40-60 cm
Depth: 25 m
Aurelia aurita Moon Jellyfish by Lawson Wood Ocean Eye Films is in copyright
Cat Shark & Moon Jellyfish by Lawson Wood Ocean Eye Films is in copyright
Moon Jellyfish by Lawson Wood Ocean Eye Films is in copyright
Common Name: Moon Jellyfish
Species Name: Aurelia aurita
Size: finger tip to wrist 15-20 cm
Depth: 0-10 m,10-25 m
Sightings: 8
Description: The jellyfish is almost entirely translucent, usually about 25–40 cm (10–16 in) in diameter, and can be recognized by its four horseshoe-shaped gonads, easily seen through the top of the bell. It feeds by collecting medusae, plankton, and mollusks with its tentacles, and bringing them into its body for digestion. It is capable of only limited motion, and drifts with the current, even when swimming. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurelia_aurita)
Common Name: Oaten Pipe Hydroid
Species Name: Tubularia indivisa
Size: finger length 3-11 cm
Habitats: rock and boulders,wreckage
Depth: 0-10 m,10-25 m
Sightings: 12
Plumose Anemones (Metridium senile) by Lawson Wood Ocean Eye Films is in copyright
Miniature Plumose Anemones by Lawson Wood Ocean Eye Films is in copyright
Plumose Anemone & Swimming Crab by Lawson Wood Ocean Eye Films is in copyright
Plumose Anemones St by Lawson Wood Ocean Eye Films is in copyright
Common Name: Plumose Anemones
Species Name: Metridium senile
Size: finger tip to wrist 15-20 cm
Habitats: rock and boulders,wreckage
Depth: 10-25 m,25 m
Common Name: Solitary Stalked Hydroid
Species Name: Corymorpha nutans
Size: finger length 3-11 cm
Habitats: sand and gravel
Depth: 0-10 m,25 m
Common Name: Wolffish
Species Name: Anarhichas lupus
Size: length of body or more 150 cm plus
Depth: 25 m
Sightings: 11
Description: The wolffish, also known as sea wolves, are a family, Anarhichadidae, of perciform fish. They are native to cold waters of the northern Atlantic and Pacific oceans, where they live on the continental shelf and slope, to depths of about 600 m (2,000 ft). They are bottom-feeders, eating hard-shelled invertebrates such as clams, echinoderms, and crustaceans, which they crush with their strong canine and molar teeth. The longest species, Anarrhichthys ocellatus, grows to more than 2 m (6.6 ft) in length. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarhichadidae
