Rottingdean Epifauna
Rottingdean Undercliff is an area of shoreline with a large man-made promenade and sea defence. it is located near to Brighton.I visited Rottingdean to see what epifauna was present there.
These are some of the pictures I took:
Mermaids Glove, Haliclona oculata (length 30cm) much branched antler-like sponge that grows on seabed well below the low tide level.
A Common Dogfish Egg Case
Crab Exoskeleton possibly a juvenile Edible Crab
Red Seaweed possibly Furcellaria lumbricalis
Common Whelk Egg Mass
Hornwrack , Flustra foliacea (length 20 cm )
bryozoan, it is a colonial animal which lives just off shore.
live specimens smell faintly of lemons.
Common Ray Egg Case
