UK Diving » 07July08 Salthouse long weekend land and sea » Diving the Vera

The Vera seems to be in the midst of a change as more of the wreck is uncovered and the gravelly scour around it widens. Still a haven for crabs but almost slug free at the moment

The costumes of the Macropodia crabs get more extravagant...	Unlike his friend, who he would have met for a night out...	A face only a mother could find	The sponge spider crabs - Inachus spp. - also dress up...	Nice wig! This Velvet swimming crab - Necora puber - has...
Spiral bryozoan - Bugula spp. - is one of the upright...	This hydroid or Sea Beard looks like the Antenna hydroid...	A tiny shore crab - Carcinus maenus - hunting amongst the...	Another young crab, an Edible this time - Cancer pagarus....	So do you feel lucky punk? This quick draw Shore crab and...
Skeleton shrimps - Caprella spp. - hanging out on a Dead...	Deadmens fingers have been relatively rare this year......	The lighbulb tunicates - Clavelina lepadiformis - on the...	The club sea squirt - Morchellium argus - really gets...	In summer the turf animals battle for space, this is an...
Another turf assortment with the colonial ascidian...	The largest of the Peacock Fanworms - Sabella pavonina on...	They grow as large as flowers in a protected clump under...	Before and after - pre and post tickle Elegant anemones	This is what an Elegant anemone - Sargatia elegans -...
Scorpionfish (Longspined - Taurulus bubalis - have been...	One of Dawn's 'interesting' finds... Hermit crab fir -...	Golden yellow Lightbulb sea squirts	A Sandmason worm - Lanice conchilega - who has upgraded...	A risque Hermit crab with a peephole shell, you can see...
Though they are clearly on this slightly larger example -...	Nice rostrum! Common lobster - Homarus gammarus	The number of Sandy gobies - Pomatoschistus minutus - is...	This one has found some sand on the wreckage	Seasearch trainees catalogue the wildlife and cake...

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