Loch fyne 03/08

[shmeeg]

Here are some of the pics that I got today in Loch Fyne - as you can see the viz was excellent.

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa228/grw850/star1.jpg
Starfish on the move

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa228/grw850/scorpian1-1.jpg
Scorpian Fish

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa228/grw850/anemone1.jpg
Anemone

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa228/grw850/PIC_0049.jpg
Gedan

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa228/grw850/kelp1-1.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa228/grw850/tubeworm1.jpg
Anyone know what this is? I thought it might be some kind of tubeworm

[dive granny]

Thay are lovely bright photos. Diving in Scotland in a wet suit in this weather Brrrr.. :eek:

[chris]

excellent photos, no idea what the last thing is though!

[regthing]

Yep, nice pics. The viz looked amazing :)

[Scuba-Doh!]

Stunning photos! Love the colour in the starfish and you get some decent vis/range.

[triplefin]

I think its a sand mason worm - link is here scroll down the page

http://www.pznow.co.uk/marine/annelida.html

this is a better pic of one

http://www.habitas.org.uk/marinelife/index.html

what do you think? is it like the one you saw? your pic makes it look quite big
The tube is made of sand and shell particles stuck together with mucus (yuk!)

[olddog]

Mint picks, almost felt like the starfish was crawling out me monitor :eek:

[shmeeg]

I think its a sand mason worm - link is here scroll down the page


what do you think? is it like the one you saw? your pic makes it look quite big
The tube is made of sand and shell particles stuck together with mucus (yuk!)

Could be except that it was about 6" and was attached to rocks. It looked like a peacock worm but with the feathery bits. Maybe those were another creature growing on top of it just to confuse us.