Channel Island Marine Life by Sue
Daly
Anemones & corals
Anemones and corals all belong to the group called Cnidaria. Initially they seem to have little in common with each other but all are ‘flower-like’ animals that have tentacles to catch their food and stinging cells called cnida, hence their name. Although they have no proper organs or circulatory system they do have a simple nervous system and so are considered to be higher up the evolutionary scale than sponges.
Jewel Anemones
Beadlet Anemones in the Gouliot Caves, Sark
Colonial Anemones
Snakelocks Anemone
Strawberry Anemone
White Fan Coral
Red
Fingers Soft Coral
Detail of Red Fingers Soft Coral
Sunset
Cup Coral
Fan Coral
Many of these images are from the book Marine Life of the Channel Islands by Sue Daly
All text & images copyright Sue Daly
