Marine Biodiversity
of West Cork
Citizen Science
Photography by Julia Cooper
1001 Moon Jellyfish Aurelia aurita
1007 By-the-Wind Sailor Velella velella
1005 Sea Gooseberry Pleurobrachia pileus)
1006 A Physonect Siphonophore Agalma elegans
1004 A Comb Jelly Beroe cucumis
1003 A Crystal Jellyfish Aequorea vitrina
1002 Compass Jellyfish Chrysaora hysoscella
1016 Egg Wrack Ascophyllum nodosum
1015 Spiraled Wrack Fucus spiralis
1014 Channelled Wrack Pelvetia canaliculata
1011 Lion’s Mane Jellyfish Cyanea capillata
1010 Sea Heart Entada gigas
1009 Small Goose Barnacle Lepas (Anatifa) pectinata
1008 Violet Snail Janthina janthina
1028 Spiral Tubeworms Janua heterostropha
1027 Coiled Tubeworms Spirorbis spirorbis
1026 Poli’s Stellate Barnacle Chthamalus stellatus
1025 Australasian Acorn Barnacle Austrominius modestus
1024 An Acorn Barnacle Semibalanus balanoides
1023 An Acorn Barnacle Semibalanus balanoides
1022 Common Limpet Patella vulgata
1017 Serrated Wrack Fucus Serratus
1034 Cornish sucker Lepadogaster purpurea
1033 Broad-clawed Porcelain Crab Porcellana platycheles
1032 Parasitic Barnacle Sacculina sp. on Common Shore Crab Carcinus maenas
1031 Common Shore Crab with eggs Carcinus maenas
1030 Common Shore Crab Carcinus maenas
1029 Common Sea Slater Ligia oceanica
1199 Spotted Kaleidoscope Jellyfish Haliclystus octoradiatus
1198 A Stalked Jellyfish Calvadosia campanulata
1197 Spiny Starfish Marthasterias glacialis
1196 Snakelocks Anemone Anemonia viridis
1195 Snakelocks Anemone Anemonia viridis
1194 Red Speckled Anemone Anthopleura ballii
1193 Red Speckled Anemone Anthopleura ballii
1192 Corkwing Wrasse Symphodus melops
1191 Seagrass Zostera marina
1190 Seagrass Zostera marina
1189 Seagrass Zostera marina
1188 A Fanworm Acromegalomma vesiculosum
1187 A Fanworm Acromegalomma vesiculosum
1186 A Fanworm Sabellidae sp.
1185 Atlantic Bobtail Squid Sepiola atlantica
1184 Atlantic Bobtail Squid Sepiola atlantica
1183 A Sea Slug Haminoea navicula (or maybe hydatis)
1180 Pea Urchin Echinocyamus pusillus
1179 Large Necklace shell Euspira catena
1178 Banded Venus Clausinella fasciata
1177 Thin Tellin Macomangulus tenuis aka Tellina tenuis
1176 Large Sunset Shell Gari depressa
1175 Faroe Sunset Shell Gari fervensis
1174 Banded Carpet Shell Polititapes rhomboides
1173 Chequered Carpet Shell Ruditapes decussatus
1172 A Sea Squirt Ascidia mentula
1171 Seven-armed Starfish Luidia ciliaris
1170 Spotted Ray Raja montagui, Thornback Ray Raja clavata, Spotted Ray Raja montagui, and Nursehound Scyliorhinus stellaris eggcases
1169 Sand Eel sp. Ammodytidae sp.
1168 An Egg Sack of a Marine Worm Phyllodoce sp.
1167 Marine Worm Cirriformia sp.
1166 Honeycomb Worm Sabellaria alveolata
1165 Sand Mason Worm Lanice conchilega
1164 Sand Mason Worm Lanice conchilega
1163 Blow Lugworm Arenicola marina
1161 Thick-ridged Venus Shell Venus casina
1160 Rayed Artemis Dosinia exoleta
1159 Northern Lucine Lucinoma borealis
1158 Common Whelk eggs Buccinum undatum
1157 Common Whelk Buccinum undatum
1156 Candy Striped Flatworm Prostheceraeus vittatus
1135 A sea slug Facelina auriculata
1134 Orange-Clubbed Sea Slug Limacia clavigera
1133 Edible Urchin Echinus esculentus
1132 Edible Urchin Echinus esculentus
1131 A Sea Squirt Phallusia mammillata
1130 Velvet Swimming Crab Necora puber
1129 Banded Chink Shell Lacuna vincta
1128 Bryozoan Flustrellidra hispida
1127 Two-spotted Goby Gobiusculus flavescens with Fish Lice Caligus elongatus
1126 Small Spotted Catshark Scyliorhinus canicula
1125 Small Spotted Catshark eggcase Scyliorhinus canicula
1124 Grey Seal Halichoerus grypus
1123 Thick-lipped Grey Mullet Chelon labrosus
1122 Ballan Wrasse Labrus bergylta
1121 Atlantic Cod, juvenile Gadus morhua
1120 Solar Powered Sea Slug Elysia viridis
1120 Dotted Sea Hare Aplysia punctata
1119 Sea Lettuce Ulva fenestrata
1118 Star Ascidian Sea Squirt Botryllus schlosseri
1117 Star Ascidian Sea Squirt Botryllus schlosseri
1116 Star Ascidian Sea Squirt Botryllus schlosseri
1115 Blue-rayed Limpets Patella pellucida
1114 Blue-rayed Limpets Patella pellucida
1113 Sea Spaghetti Himanthalia elongata
1112 Furbelows Saccorhiza polyschides
1111 Furbelows Saccorhiza polyschides
1110 Sugar kelp Saccharina latissima
1109 Cuvie Laminaria hyperborea
1108 Oarweed Laminaria digitata
Kelp Forest, Gleann Rúin, Bantry Bay
1107 Plumose Anemone Metridium dianthus
1106 Arctic Cowrie Trivia arctica
1105 Spotted Cowrie Trivia monacha
1104 Sea Orange Suberites ficus
1103 Lightbulb Sea Squirt Clavelina lepadiformis
1102 Yellow Ringed Sea Squirt Ciona intestinalis
1101Saddle Oyster Anomia ephippium
1100Humpback Scallop Talochlamys pusio
1088 Dahlia anemone Urticina felina
1087 Dahlia anemone Urticina felina
1087 Dahlia anemone Urticina felina
1086 Pink Plates Mesophyllum lichenoides
1093 A Sponge Aplysilla rosea
1085 Painted topshell Calliostoma zizyphinum
1084 Painted topshell Calliostoma zizyphinum
1083 Grey Topshell Steromphala cineraria
1082 Oyster drill Ocenebra erinaceus
1081 Netted Dog Whelk Tritia (or Hinia) reticulata
1080 Five-bearded Rockling Ciliata mustela
1079 Sea Gherkin Pawsonia saxicola
1078 A Sea Cucumber Ocnus lacteus
1077 Common Brittlestar Ophiothrix fragilis
1076 Cushion star Asterina gibbosa
1085 Painted topshell Calliostoma zizyphinum
1075 Common Starfish Asterias rubens
1074 Japanese Wireweed Sargassum muticum
1073 Japanese Wireweed Sargassum muticum
1072 Dulse Palmaria palmata
1071 Elegant Anemone Sagartia elegans
1070 Elegant Anemone Sagartia elegans
1069 Elegant Anemone Sagartia elegans
1068 Elegant Anemone Sagartia elegans
1067 Montagu’s Crab Xantho hydrophilus
1066 Montagu’s Crab with eggs Xantho hydrophilus
1065 Yellow-Plumed Sea Slug Berthella plumula
1063 A Sea Slug Rostanga rubra
1062 A Sea Slug Jorunna tomentosa
1061 Grey Sea Slug eggs Aeolidia filomenae
1060 Grey Sea Slug Aeolidia filomenae
1059 A Sea Slug and Eggs Aeolidiella sanguinea
1058 A Sea Slug Aeolidiella sanguinea
1057 Marbled Crenella Musculus subpictus
1056 Compressed Purse Sponge Grantia compressa
1055 Bushy Rainbow Wrack Cystoseira tamariscifolia
1054 Tuning Fork Weed Bifurcaria bifurcata
1053 Purple Urchin holes
1052 Purple Sea Urchin Paracentrotus lividus
1051 Green Urchin Psammechimus
1050 Green Urchin Psammechimus miliaris
1049 Common Piddock Pholas dactylus
1048 Pacific Oyster Crassostrea gigas
1047 Olive Squat Lobster Galathea squamifera
1046 Worm Pipefish Nerophis lumbriciformis
1042 Strawberry Anemone Actinia fragacea
1041 Beadlet Anemone young on mussel
1040 Beadlet Anemone Actinia equina
1039 Beadlet Anemone Actinia equina
1038 Dog whelk eggs (nucella lapillus)
1037 Dog whelk Nucella lapillus
1036 Toothed Topshell Phorcus lineatus
