UK Diving » Norfolk July 08 » Cley

We snuck in a dive before we were due to be 'artists' at the Salthouse Arts exhibition. No slugs but plenty of fish and the car park man is much more friendly now. He used to dive and built himself a hut while we were underwater.

Ooh, dese is pretty.... An Edible crab - Cancer pagurus -...	Here's a closer view of what he was looking at. Mysid...	A Greater pipefish - Syngnathus acus - eyes us with...	He was right; he is being followed	Greater pipefish have a funny 'sculpted' look, as though...
You are following me, aren't you?	ARSE	This is one of several small gobies, probably the Sand...	Heres a Sea scorpion - Taurulus bubalis - who has...	It's not often you get close enough to see the snout...
This one's a bit younger and prettier, though I've still...	A tiny Spider crab - Macropodia Spp. - lies in wait like...	This is an Inachus Spp. Spider crab, they have slightly...	This one seems to have features of both groups, but we'd...	This one is definitely Inachus Spp.! He's lost a claw too!
A tiny baby Shore crab - Carcinus maenas - he's only...	Here's what he'll turn into, ah well.	This one's wearing a nice barnacle cardigan	Hold still, this won't hurt a bit... Never go to a crab...	The Common Lobster - Homarus gammarus - is the largest of...
Hermit crabs - Pagurus Spp. - are some of the smallest,...	...but Skeleton Shrimps - Caprella linearis - are smaller...	Light bulbs tunicates - Clavelina lepadiformis - come in...	These brash deep orange ones may have taken up their...	These lightbulbs have been joined by a colonial ascidian...
The big gooey looking mass here is another...	Many, and probably most, of the small anemones you'll see...	It comes in a wide variety of colours and patterns	But the white variety is very similar to another species...	The faint spots on the stalk of these mean they are...
Often the stalk is hidden so be thankful this one isn't...	Here' s a nice view right inside, the orifice is shared...	The stubby tentacles of the Dahlia anemone - Urticina...	Not an anemone! The Peacock Fanworms - Sabella pavonina -...	There were plenty of Tubularia larynx, a favourite slug...

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