Rock pooling destination: Oban, Scotland, June 2012
The shore at Oban is comprised of pebbles and cobbles with
occasional boulders and rock out crops that are colonised by fucoid seaweeds. The marine organisms are aggregated beneath the fucoid understory, under boulders, within crevices and beneath rock overhangs.
Barnacles, fucoid seaweeds, limpets, beadlet anemones and periwinkles are the most commonly encountered species, with the barnacles even growing on the fucoid fronds and other gastropods!
Below
are photographs of some of the organisms encountered whilst rock pooling in this
habitat:
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Shore below Oban. Habitat Classification:
LR.MLR.BF (Barnacles and fucoids on moderately exposed shores) |
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| Spiral wrack (Fucus spiralis) |
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| Channel wrack (Pelvetia canaliculata) |
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| Limpets and barnacles on boulder |
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| Barnacles and limpet "growing" into the footprint of a limpet that has not returned. |
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| Barnacles |
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| Bladder wrack (Fucus vesiculosus) |
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Beadlet anemone (Actinia equina), Dog Whelk (Nucella lapillus) and Grey topshell (Gibbula cineraria)
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| Barnacles living upon an Edible periwinkle (Littorina littorea) |
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| Edible periwinkle (Littorina littorea), Limpets and Barnacles |
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| Serrated wrack (Fucus serratus) |
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| SeaSquirt |
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| Ragworm (Neridae) |
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| Sponge (Porifera) |
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| Grey Topshell (Gibbula cineraria) |
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| Barnacles on Fucoid frond |
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| Flat periwinkle (Littorina sp) |
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| Beadlet anemone (Actinaria equina) |
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| Rag worm (Neridae) |
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| Sand Mason ( Lanice conchilega) |
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| Beadlet anemone (Actina equina) |
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| Coral weed (Corallina officinalis) |
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