UK Diving » SwanageOct08 » The Pier - 1

Swanage Pier needs no introduction, though I felt quite out of sorts as I drifted round it on my own. Without my spotter (Dawn) I couldn't find the anemone shrimps which have been spotted recently... though I did find plenty of other stuff.

Oh no! More colonial sea squirts (the blue stuff) -...	A little Corkwing Wrasse - Crenilabrus melops - different...	A patch of Star Ascidian - Botryllus schlosseri - another...	The start of a Star Ascidian - Botryllus schlosseri	More Star Ascidian - Botryllus schlosseri
Some Goosebump sponge - Dysidea fragilis. the web of...	Small gobies are tricky but this is probably a Painted...	So this is probably a Painted Goby - Pomatoschistus...	Rather a nice Painted Goby - Pomatoschistus pictus	??? Goby
A Two Spotted Goby - Gobiusculus flavescens - head on!	Side view of a Two Spotted goby - Gobiusculus flavescens...	A more colourful Two Spotted goby - Gobiusculus flavescens	Common Prawn - Paleamon serratus	A mystery Fanworm
Common Dragonet - Callionymus lyra	Some grey blobs of colonial sea squirts and a Purse...	Some very delicate feathery hydroids	A tuft of Hornwrack - Flustra foliacea	Mucky Oyster - another one so encrusted that its true...
An orange encrusting sponge	The two spirals are clear here - Bispira volutacornis	Pod weed - Halidrys siliquosa	Hmmmm, Sargatia or Actinothoe anemone? We'd have to...	Keel worms - Pomatoceros spp.

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