Recording Marine Life


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Records of Palaemon elegans

Number seen/Abundance Date Location Comments Recorded by
F 2005-08-02
Far pontoon, Queen Anne's Battery marina		 Frequent amongst L. saccharina Judith Oakley
few 2005-10-11
Lynmouth east		 in pools mill lane
Present 2006-03-01
Intertidal below Hen Cliff, Kimmeridge		 Steve Trewhella
10 2006-05-25 Blackstone Rocks
Blackstone Rocks		 2cm - 12cm Cat Ridout
Common 2007-07-19
Branscombe beach		 found in rockpools Milly Hatton-Brown
Abundant 2009-05-12 Blackstone Rocks, Wembury
Rockpools		 Cat Ridout
Common 2009-08-21 Cow Gap near Eastbourne
Beach consisting mainly of bolders, cobbles, pebbles with patchs of clay and sand.		 Evening tide - At least a dozen people out with nets after this species Nigel Sawyer
Uncommon 2009-09-21 Eastbourne Pier
The pier at Eastbourne. Sandy beach below shingle with some soft bedrock with pools. In addition to the list Mactra stultrom common, as were hydroids (unidentified on the pier structure)		 3 individuals found under one stone (with a shore crab) Nigel Sawyer
NA 2009-08-13 Blackpool Central - South Shore
Sandy beach		 Alive North West Wildlife Trusts Irish sea
Frequent 04/06/2012 Greencliff
Area of overhanging rock strata running at right-angles to the sea, with gullies open to NW, often sandy-bottomed. Lower part of wave-cut platform, with upper beach comprising large and very dynamic pebble ridge backed by high cliffs. Erosion of softer rock has created many shady crevices.		 Often found under stones and amongst seaweed in rock-pools. Full-sized adults and plentiful juveniles. Robert Durrant